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Nate Lowe Trade Analysis: Everybody wins this trade

The Tampa Bay Rays traded 1B Nate Lowe, 1B Jake Guenther, and a player to be named later for C/OF/1B Heriberto Hernandez, infielder Osleivis Basabe, and OF/1B Alexander Ovalles from the Texas Rangers.

This marks the first major move for the Rays this winter and it has relatively little affect on the 2021 team, outside of making a 40-man roster spot available in the departing Lowe.

What the Rays gave up

Nate Lowe was ranked the #97 prospect by Baseball America heading into the 2019 season. In 245 MLB plate appearances he has hit .