ST. PETERSBURG -- Rays president of baseball operations Matt Silverman took a proactive approach to an approaching logjam by trading David DeJesus to the Angels on Tuesday for Eduar Lopez, a 20-year-old Minor League right-hander.
"Given our team's improving health, the opportunity for David was a little more limited," Silverman said. "We were challenged to find at-bats for him. Especially given [Desmond] Jennings' potential return in a couple of weeks."
Already, John Jaso's return cut into DeJesus' playing time, and when Jennings returns some time in mid-August -- if all goes well in his rehab assignment that begins Friday -- DeJesus' playing time would be cut further.