MLB Trade Deadline: Should the Rays trade for a catcher?

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images General Manager A.J. Preller of the San Diego Padres makes a call after a game between the Seattle Mariners and the San Diego Padres was postponed at PETCO Park on August 26, 2020Today is the MLB Trade Deadline, and the Rays have until 4:00 EST to fill their missing pieces.

Already this season the Rays have acquired two relief pitchers and an outfielder, while sending out the designated hitter. Here are stories on each of those deals:

Among those four deals, the Phillips-Fox flog is the only swap made so far that wasn’t DFA fodder. Speaking of which, the Rays have also designated LHP Anthony Banda, which means a trade for him is likely, unless he goes…