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Rays bet on exit velocity with Yandy Diaz acquisition

This morning the Tampa Bay Rays surprised many by trading Jake Bauers and $5 million as part of a three way trade that brought back Yandy Diaz from the Cleveland Indians.

in other words, the Rays shed another first baseman, and this time to acquire another third baseman. While the Rays don’t have the multitude of options at third that they do at second base in the farm system, they still have Matt Duffy, Christian Arroyo, and Daniel Robertson already at the major league level.

In 299 MLB plate appearances, Diaz has hit .283/.361/.366 and put up a 97 wRC+.