Throughout the month of July, the Tampa Bay Rays fully altered the panorama of the staff as they traded away a number of members of their core roster and overhauled their farm system, bringing in a number of prospects.
The Rays nonetheless have one participant which have but to obtain from the trades because the Participant to be named has but to be named from the Mariners within the Randy Arozarena commerce.
Nonetheless, we are able to nonetheless evaluation the 15 different gamers that the Rays acquired previous to the 2024 commerce deadline.
Under is a fast abstract of every commerce and the way every participant carried out since becoming a member of the Rays group.
July third: Traded Aaron Civale to the Milwaukee Brewers for Gregory Barrios
Gregory BarriosA+: .240/.310/.286 | 0 HR | 18 SB | 14.6 Ok% | 8.6 BB% | 77 wRC+ | 198 PA
July twenty sixth: Traded Randy Arozarena to the Seattle Mariners for Brody Hopkins, Aidan Smith, and a Participant to be Named Later
Brody HopkinsA+: 3.45 ERA | 3.17 FIP | 29.0 Ok% | 9.9 BB% | .184 AVG | 11.5 WHIFF% | 31 1⁄3 IP
Aidan SmithA: .306/.395/.486 | 2 HR | 13 SB | 18.6 Ok% | 14.0 BB% | 155 wRC+ | 86 PA
July twenty sixth: Traded Zach Eflin to the Baltimore Orioles for Jackson Baumeister, Mac Horvath, and Matthew Etzel
Jackson BaumeisterA+: 1.24 ERA | 1.59 FIP | 41.9 Ok% | 4.8 BB% | .121 AVG | 14.8 WHIFF% | 29 IP
Mac HorvathA+: .221/.291/.381 | 4 HR | 9 SB | 34.6 Ok% | 8.7 BB% | 91 wRC+ | 127 PA
Matthew EtzelAA: .232/.300/.392 | 5 HR | 4 SB | 35.0 Ok% | 7.9 BB% | 105 wRC+ | 140 PA
July twenty eighth: Traded Isac Paredes to the Chicago Cubs for Christopher Morel, Hunter Bigge, and Ty Johnson
Christopher MorelMLB: .195/.260/.305 | 3 HR | 1 SB | 30.8 Ok% | 7.1 BB% | 63 wRC+ | 169 PA | -0.6 fWAR
Hunter BiggeAAA: 5.40 ERA | 5.97 FIP | 55.2 Ok% | 10.3 BB% | .192 AVG | 18.5 WHIFF% | 6 2⁄3 IPMLB: 1.50 ERA | 3.33 FIP | 31.3 Ok% | 4.2 BB% | .239 AVG | 17.6 WHIFF% | 12 IP | 0.2 fWAR
Ty JohnsonA+: 0.78 ERA | 0.95 FIP | 46.4 Ok% | 4.8 BB% | .128 AVG | 19.3 WHIFF% | 23 IP
July twenty eighth: Traded Jason Adam to the San Diego Padres for Homer Bush Jr., J.D. Gonzalez, and Dylan Lesko
Dylan LeskoA+: 9.42 ERA | 7.67 FIP | 28.4 Ok% | 31.1 BB% | .163 AVG | 12.7 WHIFF% | 14 1⁄3 IP
Homer Bush Jr.A+: .272/.367/.408 | 2 HR | 14 SB | 23.1 Ok% | 10.7 BB% | 124 wRC+ | 121 PA
J.D. GonzalezA: .074/.148/.136 | 1 HR | 1 SB | 44.9 Ok% | 7.9 BB% | -8 wRC+ | 89 PA
July twenty ninth: Traded Amed Rosario to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Michael Flynn
Michael FlynnAAA: 6.35 ERA | 2.51 FIP | 32.1 Ok% | 14.3 BB% | .250 AVG | 13.2 WHIFF% | 5 2⁄3 IP
July thirtieth: Traded Tyler Zuber to the New York Mets for Paul Gervase
Paul GervaseAA: 3.57 ERA | 1.95 FIP | 44.9 Ok% | 4.3 BB% | .169 AVG | 16.7 WHIFF% | 17 2⁄3 IP
July thirtieth: Traded Shawn Armstrong to the St Louis Cardinals for Dylan Carlson
Dylan CarlsonMLB: .200/.288/.305 | 3 HR | 2 SB | 28.8 Ok% | 8.5 BB% | 77 wRC+ | 118 PA | -0.3 fWAR
Dylan Lesko has produced essentially the most lackluster of outcomes to this point because the command points that plagued him with San Diego achieved a brand new degree with the Rays. Nonetheless, the Rays might have struck gold with a trio of different arms they introduced in as Jackson Baumeister, Ty Johnson, and Brody Hopkins all dominated down the stretch. Paul Gervase is one other arm to observe because the 6’10” righty carved up hitters in Double-A.
Homer Bush Jr is doing his half to make the Jason Adam commerce look stomachable; sadly for pretty much as good as Bush Jr. was, J.D. Gonzalez was simply as dangerous. The 2024 season was Bush’s first as an expert and he’ll proceed to be a developmental mission for the Rays.
Aidan Smith loved the very best time within the Rays system of any place participant introduced it as he excelled in Single-A after which obtained a quick cameo in Excessive-Some time Bowling Inexperienced performed within the playoffs.
Having coated every participant’s temporary tenure with the Rays now, which participant are you most excited to observe in 2025?
