With the departure of Travis d’Arnaud to free agency, the Rays have three catchers on the 40-man roster: Mike Zunino, Michael Perez and Ronaldo Hernandez. While they could get by with the former two as the tandem at the major league level, adding one more name is likely before the offseason is done — but how strong of a name can they land?
On the free agent market, the signing of Yasmani Grandal by the Chicago White Sox took the top catching name off of the board, but there are a handful of lower-tier catchers that are available and capable of taking the starting catcher position.