{"id":81409,"date":"2024-07-26T22:50:55","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T02:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=81409"},"modified":"2024-07-26T22:50:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T02:50:55","slug":"rangers-rays-trade-deadline-diaz-paredes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/26\/rangers-rays-trade-deadline-diaz-paredes\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers Have Discussed Trade With Rays Amid Injury Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Texas Rangers and Tampa Rays have reportedly engaged in eye-opening trade talks as the 2024 deadline draws near.<\/p>\n<p>The Rangers are planning to buy ahead of the MLB trade deadline. There were questions about the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/08\/rangers-mlb-trade-deadline\/\" target=\"_self\">team&#8217;s potential strategy<\/a> earlier in July, but the Rangers have performed well in recent action. Texas will have a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/01\/rangers-players-trade-deadline\/\" target=\"_self\">possible trade candidates<\/a> to pursue ahead of the deadline. According to Buster Olney of ESPN, they are particularly interested in two Rays players.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Count the Rangers among the teams that have had discussions with the Rays about All-Star Isaac Paredes, as well as Yandy Diaz. Texas is looking for an upgrade to its offense, in a year in which Josh Jung and Evan Carter has been out for months.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Buster_ESPN\/status\/1816929234931114152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Rangers, Rays Have Had Trade Conversations<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Olney reports that the Rangers and Rays have &#8220;had discussions&#8221; about infielders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/paredis01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-26_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Isaac Paredes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/diazya01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-26_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yandy D\u00edaz<\/a>. Paredes was selected to his first All-Star Game this season, while D\u00edaz was an All-Star in 2023. Both players would significantly impact the Rangers. Olney even mentioned that the Rangers want to add offensive reinforcements with players such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jungjo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-26_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Jung<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/carteev01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-26_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evan Carter<\/a> missing time due to injuries.<\/p>\n<p>It isn&#8217;t clear if Texas will be able to acquire both players in a deal. At the very least, the Rangers have trade interest in Paredes and D\u00edaz. It should be noted that Paredes is only 25 years old. Meanwhile, D\u00edaz is 32. D\u00edaz, though, features a proven track record.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay is seemingly heading toward a complete rebuild. The Rays <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/26\/mariners-acquire-randy-arozarena-blockbuster-trade\/\" target=\"_self\">recently traded<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/arozara01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-26_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Randy Arozarena<\/a> to the Seattle Mariners and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/e\/eflinza01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-26_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zach Eflin<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/26\/orioles-trade-for-zach-eflin-rays\/\" target=\"_self\">Baltimore Orioles<\/a>. D\u00edaz and Paredes would net Tampa Bay more prospect capital as the team hits the reset button.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Is Texas Going All In?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Rangers are planning to buy. One has to wonder how aggressive the team will be, however. The Rangers are currently just 2 1\/2 games behind the Houston Astros for first place in the American League West. Adding impact bats to bolster the lineup would prove to be crucial as Texas looks to win the division.<\/p>\n<p>It would not be surprising to see the Rangers make multiple notable trades before the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Texas Rangers and Tampa Rays have reportedly engaged in eye-opening trade talks as the 2024 deadline draws near. The Rangers are planning to buy ahead of the MLB trade deadline. There were questions about the team&#8217;s potential strategy earlier in July, but the Rangers have performed well in recent action. Texas will have a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5128,"featured_media":81416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1071,35,6],"tags":[28242,4076,2624,566,49,2496],"class_list":["post-81409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rangers","category-mlb","category-news","category-rays","tag-evan-carter","tag-isaac-paredes","tag-josh-jung","tag-tampa-bay-rays","tag-trade-deadline","tag-yandy-diaz"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}