The Tampa Bay Rays have a few positions that they are looking to upgrade this offseason to improve their lineup’s offensive production.
Catcher has been a necessity essentially since their inception and continues to be a hole that needs to be filled. Shortstop was mentioned as well, but with Taylor Walls being brought back, they at least have options there.
Where they will likely take their biggest swing will be in the outfield. The Rays were dead last in home runs by their outfielders in 2025, which the president of baseball operations, Erik Neander, wants to change.
During his end-of-season press conference, he mentioned power and run production being two areas of weakness to address in the outfield. One player who could be available in Tampa Bay’s price range this offseason who can address both of those areas is Mike Yastrzemski.
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