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First up, Tampa Bay can breathe a little easier tonight. Buccaneers rookie pass rusher Rueben Bain Junior suffered an AC sprain during camp, but sources telling ESPN's Adam Schefter it is nothing serious, and the top pick is fully expected to suit up for Week One. Big relief for a defense counting on him.
Shifting to the diamond, the American League playoff picture is a genuine mess right now, and that is not an insult, it is just the math. Multiple teams sitting below five hundred are still very much alive for two wild card spots, making this one of the more historically unusual AL postseason races we have seen in years. The AL West and the wild card chase are colliding in the most chaotic way possible, and September cannot get here fast enough.
And across the Atlantic, Chelsea are making moves in the transfer market, reportedly in contact with representatives of Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez. The Argentine international could be on the move as Villa themselves close in on Monaco's all-time record for transfer sales in a single window. One club's rebuild is funding another's, and the Premier League summer is far from over.
That's your play-by-play. Sports Desk, back to the booth.
