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Roger Vaughan

Rays' Mead poised for post-season in debut MLB year

Curtis Mead is poised to make Australian baseball history when the team rosters are confirmed for the Major League Baseball post-season.

If the Tampa Bay Rays keep the 20-year-old infielder from Adelaide on their squad, he will be the first position player from Australia to reach the MLB play-offs.

Every other Australian in the MLB post-season has been a pitcher - Damian Moss, Graeme Lloyd, Liam Hendriks, Grant Balfour and Pete Moylan.

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