The Rays have acquired infielder Tristan Gray in a trade with the White Sox, FanSided’s Robert Murray reports. Chicago will receive cash considerations in return.
It’s a return trip to Tampa Bay for Gray, who made his MLB debut in the form of two games with the Rays in September 2023. He followed that cup of coffee in the Show with a slightly longer stint of 15 games last season, split between the Marlins (seven games) and the Athletics (eight games). This limited playing time resulted in 36 plate appearances for Gray at the big league level, and only a .152/.222/.273 career slash line.
Gray went from Miami to Oakland on a waiver claim last August, and he was then picked off the waiver wire again by the Pirates in October, before being released and signing on with the White Sox on a minors deal in the offseason. The Sox selected Gray’s contract to the active roster for a couple of days earlier this month, but he was optioned back to Triple-A Charlotte before getting any official game action for Chicago.
Gray moves on with some pretty strong Triple-A numbers to show for his time in the White Sox organization, as he hit .270/.333/.472 over 282 PA in Charlotte. This boosts his career Triple-A slash line to .242/.310/.472 in 2050 PA, and beyond his limited bat, Gray has amassed a lot of playing time at all four infield positions. The trade gives the Rays a familiar left-handed hitting name back on the depth chart as the team evaluates its infield situation in advance of the trade deadline.
Here’s the big surprise name we never saw coming at the deadline! TB is WS or bust!
They’re trying to be the first World Series team to break the Super Bowls’ ticket prices record!
George Steinbrener would be so proud!
A World Series at Steinbrenner Field as the Rays being the home team is just wild to think about!
The Rays always aim to wow their fan base at the deadline. Mission accomplished.
‘More to come’?? Couldn’t be much more
Haha nice
I L’dOL at that one…nicely played
Whoever he is, he should be happy about leaving the White Sox.
Upgrade!
Little cash back in pocket for the AAA player……savvy JR!
Yeah, good ol Jerry just got tingly in his naughty bits.
the sox’s number one need at the deadline was cash considerations.
way to go getzy.
Go crazy fans. Go crazy. Next time it will be CC with a side of PTBNL.
White Sox get Cash from the Rays
Who’s gunna break the news to Kevin?
The mlbtr faithful. This is where Kevin comes for his rumors.
When did pinch hitter become a position?
Back in the sixties with Gates Brown with the Tigers. He could really hit and the clutch homeruns off the bench. His outfield play was bad just like a lot of the outfielders today.
Manny Mota
Smoky Burgess
Jose Morales
The White Sox also three other notable pinch hitters, notably Deacon Jones, with Gary Peters and Juan Pizarro as other pinch hitters on the team. Burgess might have been on the team at the time. They needed a lot of pinch hitters because the team as a whole couldn’t score many runs. Peter’s and Pizarro were two of their best hitters.
I was at a double header in the mid 60’s when Peters was sent up to pinch hitting in the 9th inning. He failed to move the runner over bunting foul twice. Back then, Gary and Juan were some of their top hitters. He wasn’t successful in moving the runner over. So he had to hit, trying to advance the runner. Unsuccessful, he had to hit away and a couple pitches later he launched a home run into the upper deck in right field to win the game. I went to probably over a hundred Sox games and only three games I can remember how they ended. This was one of them.
Rays will turn him into a batting champion
Perhaps a preemptive move before moving Kim or Diaz.
Kim is too fragile to stay on the field–who will trade for a guy who has spent almost the entire year on the IL and is handsomely paid? That was a HUGE mistake by the Rays FO.
I could see this FO and KC trying to replace Diaz w Gray, as hilarious as that sounds. Gray is a warm body, nothing more and nothing less. A nice story. He’s not moving any needles.
As a Rays fan, I wish this fo would **** or get off the pot. My goodness. All these dinky moves when we are going nowhere. I just hope this year they don’t trade for a bunch of teenagers who will probably never make the bigs…and those that do will be traded before they can contribute. This FO has been losing trades left and right the last few years, and the “signings” have not been that hot either.
If you can’t Crack the Sox while being able to play all the infield positions you might want to hang the Cleats UP… jus sayin 🤷
The Sox have plenty of 4a players, but with the way this Sox org is, watch this guy will go to Tampa (or back to Tampa that is ) and rake it at the big league level
It better not be for cash considerations!!
Hot Stove burning down the house!
Rays out here playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers.
you misspelled checkers…and chess
The Sox have Houser, Sosa, Tauchman, Slater, Alexander, Robert, Benetendi,and Wilson, available, and Im sure some others, and their first trade is some 4A guy back to his old team… for cash.. bang up job Getz…
impatient much? jeez.
CHW, the AAAA team for the Rays?
Tristan has been isolde