Rays Colored Glasses » Jacob Turner http://rayscoloredglasses.com A Tampa Bay Rays Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:59:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 A Geovany Soto Trade to the Rays Would Have to Involve Matt Garza http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2012/02/02/a-geovany-soto-trade-to-the-rays-would-have-to-involve-matt-garza/ http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2012/02/02/a-geovany-soto-trade-to-the-rays-would-have-to-involve-matt-garza/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:00:19 +0000 Robbie Knopf http://rayscoloredglasses.com/?p=4349 A couple of days ago, Devon mentioned that the Rays could be interested in trading for Cubs catcher Geovany Soto. The type of trade makes sense because the Rays need a starting catcher and Soto has nice power and plays solid defense. His batting average has really varied over the past four years, from .285 to [...]

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]]> A couple of days ago, Devon mentioned that the Rays could be interested in trading for Cubs catcher Geovany Soto. The type of trade makes sense because the Rays need a starting catcher and Soto has nice power and plays solid defense. His batting average has really varied over the past four years, from .285 to .215 to .280 to .228, but he makes hard contact when he connects, and if he could cut down on some strikeouts there’s no reason to think he couldn’t at least hit .250 consistently. A .250 batting average isn’t exactly the ideal, but it’s a lot better than the limited option that the Rays have right now. Considering the Rays need to trade a pitcher, either Wade Davis or Jeff Niemann, and the Cubs need pitching, the trade could be a simple one-for-one swap. Except for one problem: ex-Ray and current Cubs starter Matt Garza.
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