The Tampa Bay Rays are currently in the very enviable position of having too few spots for too many quality players, whilst several teams across the game are starved for production from their players up the middle of the field.
Currently on their active roster, the Rays have four players circulating between second and shortstop: Willy Adames, Brandon Lowe, Joey Wendle, and Mike Brosseau. Meanwhile, the depth at Triple-A are doing their best to force their way onto the Rays roster with Vidal Brujan, Taylor Walls, and Wander Franco all excelling with the Durham Bulls.
Thusly, the Rays may have began to field offers for some of their middle infielders in order to find potential opportunities for their prospect core or just as a way of finagling their roster to take some of their excess at one spot and exchange it for some depth where they’ve been depleted.