San Francisco Giants: Prospect Joe McCarthy acquired from Rays

Aside from making a handful of notable moves at the MLB level, the San Francisco Giants also swapped prospects with the Tampa Bay Rays ahead of the MLB trade deadline.

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…