Rays starter Jake Odorizzi will be going on his second trip through salary arbitration next season, with an expected raise to $6.5MM by Matt Swartz’s model at MLBTradeRumors.com. This is generally the time when the Rays have chosen to move pitchers, so it’s time to play a new offseason game we are calling Cut, Keep, or Trade.
And as we embark on considering which players should be cut, kept, or traded, it’s easy to start with the most expensive arm in the Rays rotation, so let’s get after it.
Coming into the season Jake Odorizzi had put up back to back seasons of good results with 3.