The Rays are in the hunt for at least one more top flight arm to add into the rotation now that Charlie Morton was granted free agency and Blake Snell was traded to the Padres. We have profiled some of the best options along the way, and over the weekend two have moved on.
The first was two-time Cy Young winner Corey Kluber, who (as we put on the site) seemed destined to sign with the Yankees — and he did. Per reports the Rays were serious suitors for Kluber’s services, but the Yankees had three distinct advantages:
- The Yankees just hired Kluber’s personal trainer to head up their athletic department, a factor that may have played a disproportionate role in this decision given that Kluber is coming off two years of injury.