The Tampa Bay Rays have signed veteran hurler and former Ray, RHP Jake Odorizzi, to a minor league deal.
Odorizzi, who will turn 34 in just a few weeks, returns to the Rays for his 12th season in the big leagues, after a well paid jaunt across three franchises over the last three years.
Entering the 2021 season, Odorizzi signed a two-year, $23.5 million deal with the Houston Astros that included a $12.5 million player option if he made 30 starts (he’d make 46). Houston would trade Odorizzi to the Braves mid-way through 2022, and then get sent to the Rangers ahead of the 2023 season, meaning he was part of a roster that got a ring in all three seasons of that deal (ALCS 2021, WS 2022, WS 2023).