The Tampa Bay Rays dipped their toes into the free agent pool on Wednesday, coming to terms with veteran center fielder Cedric Mullins on a one-year deal. Mullins is coming off a disappointing season split between the Baltimore Orioles and New York Mets but has a long history of solid production, so he’ll undoubtedly be playing every day in Tampa Bay. So how does this affect the SF Giants?
Well, the Rays happen to already have a center fielder who’s been ostensibly displaced by this signing. 25-year-old Chandler Simpson just got done with his rookie campaign with the Rays, tallying 441 plate appearances over 109 games.