If you find yourself reading articles about relief pitcher trade candidates between now and the end of the month, you’ll start to see a lot of familiar names. This is the case every year throughout the month of July, as competing teams are almost always looking to fortify their bullpens.
David Robertson (CHC), Daniel Bard (COL), and David Bednar (PIT), are just a few of the many common names that have surfaced this summer as relievers that could potentially be on the move. The Rays however have never been a team that seems all that interested in paying the inflated prospect return price for arms such as these who sit at the top of the market.