ST. PETERSBURG — He played golf Monday, according to his now former manager, Kevin Cash. Matt Moore tried to put the rumors in the back of his mind.
He thought he had made it. As the 4 p.m. baseball trade deadline approached, Moore headed from the dugout at Tropicana Field to throw the football around. Usual routine. He was scheduled to be the Rays’ starting pitcher tonight.
Now he isn’t.
That’s how baseball works. Matt Moore was a Ray, in the flesh, then he was told he was needed in the clubhouse. Now he’s a San Francisco Giant.