If I were to describe the difference between this offseason and the last for the Tampa Bay Rays using one word, that word would be transparency.
One of the things we knew going into November was that the team were looking to upgrade over incumbent first baseman/DH CJ Cron, and while they’re not short of internal options, Rays senior VP of baseball ops Chaim Bloom has been shopping. And from what we’ve seen, he’s not just shopping at the Dollar Store. So far, the Rays have been linked to names such as:
#Rays have maintained "running dialogue" and discussed some parameters with free-agent DH Nelson Cruz.