What happened: Junior Caminero connected for a home run in his sixth consecutive game and appeared on MLB Tonight afterward. Asked by Matt Vasgersian what the baseball looks like to him right now, Caminero replied that it "looks like a basketball right now." The Rays third baseman has been in the middle of a sustained power stretch.

Why it matters: The streak lands as Caminero continues to build one of the loudest individual seasons in the American League. He leads AL third base All-Star voting and was the first player to join the 2026 Home Run Derby field, adding to a profile that Tampa Bay has leaned on all year. For a Rays club sitting at 48-33, that kind of production from a young cornerstone stabilizes the lineup for the stretch ahead.

What to watch: Watch whether Caminero extends the home run streak in his next start and how far the run pushes him up the AL All-Star and Home Run Derby conversation.