Rays manager Joe Maddon said Jeff Niemann was left off the ALDS roster because his back is "not quite 100 percent." The Rays and Niemann had been downplaying the righty's back ailment, but it's clear he hasn't been himself recently. Niemann said that he plans to be ready for the ALCS if the Rays make it, but with how Matt Moore looked in Game 1 of the ALDS against the Rangers, Niemann seems likely to come back in a bullpen role, if at all.