Roster Revamp: Tampa Bay Rays

Once the lockout ends, the ever-creative Rays will neede to balance 40-man roster concerns with optimizing their roster for another post-season run. In this initial article of a new series, Associate Editor Joshua Iversen selects three user-submitted trades that would achieve both goals.

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This Trade in History: Chris Sale to the Red Sox

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Guardians Get

Edgar Barclay

Barclay

0.6

Luis Medina

Medina

7.4

Anthony Volpe

Volpe

59.8

Ken Waldichuk

Waldichuk

5.2

Hayden Wesneski

Wesneski

4.3

Total Value: 77.30

Yankees Get

Bobby Bradley

Bradley

4.1

Jose Ramirez

Ramirez

73.7

Total Value: 77.80

Total Value: 77.30

Total Value: 77.80

brianhanna23

January 24, 2022

0

Angels Get

Graham Ashcraft

Ashcraft

4.5

Jose Barrero

Barrero

23.7

TJ Friedl

Friedl

1.4

Sonny Gray

Gray

28.3

Total Value: 57.90

Reds Get

Jo Adell

Adell

19

Sam Bachman

Bachman

11.4

Reid Detmers

Detmers

29.2

Total Value: 59.60

Total Value: 57.90

Total Value: 59.60

Challenger

January 24, 2022

0

Featured Trades

Angels Get

Friedl

1.4

Gray

28.3

Means

41.8

71.50

72.00

0.50

Orioles Get

Detmers

29.2

Suarez

12.4

41.60

41.80

0.20

Reds Get

Adell

19

Bachman

11.4

30.40

29.70

-0.70

71.50

72.00

0.50

41.60

41.80

0.20

30.40

29.70

-0.70

KMMA

January 21, 2022

13

Rangers Get

Yoelqui Cespedes

Cespedes

6.9

Reynaldo Lopez

Lopez

0

Norge Vera

Vera

4.1

Total Value: 11.00

White Sox Get

Kolby Allard

Allard

3.6

Isiah Kiner-Falefa

Kiner-Falefa

8.5

Jose Leclerc

Leclerc

-1.1

Total Value: 11.00

Total Value: 11.00

Total Value: 11.00

JRRJR

January 21, 2022

2
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Roster Revamp: Tampa Bay Rays

by | 01/16/22 | 14 Comments

TradesPlayersEditor’s note: This is the first part of a new series. In each article, BTV Associate Editor Joshua Iversen will be completing a team’s offseason by compiling different user-submitted proposals from the site’s trade boards into a single...

This Trade in History: Chris Sale to the Red Sox

by | 12/30/21 | 8 Comments

TradesPlayersIn the first installment of this series, we looked at the Christian Yelich trade, which seemed fair on paper at the time, but turned out disastrously for the Marlins. In the second, we looked at the Josh Donaldson trade, which looked...

This Trade in History: Josh Donaldson to the Blue Jays

by | 12/09/21 | 11 Comments

TradesPlayersEditor’s note: We’ve had people ask us if we could look back at major trades in history and see how they matched up with our model. This is the second installment of this series. (See the first one.) Also note: Since this site (and our...