The Tampa Bay Rays have traded their No. 2 starter and their the second most productive Designated Hitter of 2017. Jake Odorizzi and Corey Dickerson are gone. We all have questions and not a lot of answers.
Perhaps you’re like me, on a bachelor party in Tallahassee. You’ve just finished many beers around a bonfire, and turned to your phone at the end of a raucous evening. Maybe it’s daylight where you are. It doesn’t matter, the question is the same:
What the hell just happened?
The Rays have actually made three transactions in total:
- Tampa Bay trades SP Jake Odorizzi to the Minnesota Twins for an unheralded prospect
- Tampa Bay acquires 1B C.