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Moves address current club, but with eye toward future

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Young faces adorn the inside of the Rays' clubhouse this spring. Many are the return, or the prospects the club received in trades for Major Leaguers.

Making deals addressing the present with an eye toward the future has always been the Rays' mantra. And the regenerative threads of such deals are everywhere.

Recently, the Rays traded Jake Odorizzi, Steven Souza Jr. and Corey Dickerson, and many Rays fans did not take the news well.

What's forgotten is the fact many of the players the organization trades initially came to the team in deals before they were Major Leaguers and popular with Rays fans.