The Tampa Bay Rays have the best farm system in baseball, and they have some big 40-man roster decisions to make as a result. That no doubt played a part in the prospect swap with the San Francisco Giants on deadline day.
The Rays have always looked like the perfect fit as a trade partner for the Giants.
In the end, the Giants didn’t add a middle infielder and the Rays didn’t add an MLB piece, as I had speculated, but they did swap a pair of prospects before the trade deadline:
Joe McCarthy was once considered a potential first-round talent during his college days at the University of Virginia.