With the World Series set to conclude after Game 7 between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers, the Tampa Bay Rays will be starting up their offseason in the coming days. 

Things will start off for the Rays with a couple of options that they will need to make decisions on rather quickly. Fortunately, it should be pretty easy for Tampa Bay to make the call on options for Pete Fairbanks and Brandon Lowe. 

However, while it will be simple to exercise their options, what they do next will be the more difficult decision. The Rays will have a number of veterans that they could look to move with both Lowe and Fairbanks falling in that category. 

Even though the team should exercise the option of Fairbanks, he seems like a player very likely to be traded. Due to the right-hander being set to make over $10 million for 2026, it seems unlikely that the team would want to pay their closer that much. 

In addition to potentially dealing Fairbanks, there is another veteran that the team might elect to move. However, it is slightly more complicated for the franchise. 

Adam Berry of MLB recently wrote that the team might be hesitant to trade slugger Yandy Diaz this winter. 

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