Currently, the Tampa Bay Rays are playing .500 baseball and so the glass is either half empty or half full. Sometimes, they waste too many early leads, play sloppy defense and strike out way too often. Other times, such as the past nine games, they play solid baseball against some of the best teams in the American League. Even if they play winning baseball, they will probably make some trades
No matter how they are playing, the Rays have typically been sellers not buyers at the trade deadline. They always have players such as David Price they know they will lose to free agency and they want to get as much return as possible for their talent.