Rays Your Voice: Trade Deadline Preview with Danny Russell

Injuries, injuries, injuries. They happen every year, and we knew there was a chance we’d see more this year with pitchers trying to get ramped up very quickly during Summer Camp. Chaz Roe and Nick Anderson add to the already long list of Rays relievers on the IL, and Yonny Chirinos is headed towards Tommy John Surgery, which will have him miss the rest of 2020 and the entire 2021 season.

With so many pitchers going down, should the Rays go out and acquire an arm or two at the deadline, or should they trust their depth that’s been so heralded? Even if the Rays wanted to go get a high-leverage reliever, what would it cost? After Chaim Bloom was able to get a pretty hefty return from…