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Avisail Garcia’s contract sets the market for Yasiel Puig

While there hasn’t been any concrete reports linking the Rays to Yasiel Puig this offseason, it only seems natural that they would still be interested now after reportedly eyeing him at the trade deadline last season.

Interest picking up on Yasiel Puig. Indians snd Rays appear to be the main teams. Mixed opinions about whether Braves are interested.

There were however concrete reports regarding the Rays desire for a reunion with Avisail Garcia who had relatively similar numbers to Puig in 2019. Garcia agreed to a two year deal worth 20M with the Brewers forcing the Rays to turn their attention to other right handed hitting free agents and trade targets.