The Rays made one of the first splashes of the trade season this weekend acquiring Christian Bethancourt from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for prospects Cal Stevenson and Christian Fernandez.
Kicking things off with Bethancourt, he’s a 30-year old veteran with a plethora of baseball experience. His first season in professional baseball was all the way back in 2008, and he made his big league debut in 2013 with Atlanta.
He was strictly a catcher in his early years, but then found himself playing all over the diamond as his career progressed. Bethancourt played 2B, LF, and RF once he was traded to San Diego in 2016.