{"id":104858,"date":"2025-07-27T20:45:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T00:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=104858"},"modified":"2025-07-27T20:45:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T00:45:03","slug":"rays-open-trading-slugger-yandy-diaz-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/27\/rays-open-trading-slugger-yandy-diaz-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumor: Rays Open to Trading Slugger as Deadline Nears"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to a report from Buster Olney of ESPN, the Tampa Bay Rays are shifting their mindset surrounding the trade deadline. The Rays aren’t playing well, and Olney reports that both Rays’ staffers and rival clubs have been shocked by the recent rough patch. To that end, the club may transition into sell mode and dangle Yandy D\u00edaz<\/a> in trade conversations. Would they really want to trade him to a division rival?<\/p>\n

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Jul 13, 2024; St. Petersburg, Florida, USA; Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Yandy Diaz (2) hits an RBI double against the Cleveland Guardians in the third inning at Tropicana Field. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The situation remains fluid, but injecting Yandy D\u00edaz into the trade market would shake things up.<\/p>\n

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The Rays’ struggles over the last month have really surprised other teams — and the Rays’ staffers, too — and now Tampa Bay could shift to become sellers. Yandy Diaz would be an absolutely perfect fit for the Red Sox. He’s making $10 million this year (the Red Sox would be on\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) July 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n