As the start of spring training gets a little bit closer for the Tampa Bay Rays, the team is still working on rounding out the roster this offseason. So far, there has been no shortage of moves for the team. 

Coming into the winter, the Rays were a team that was expected to look to change some things up before the start of 2026, and that has been the case. Tampa Bay has made some moves both to improve the team for this coming campaign and also for the future. 

Whether or not they are going to be able to contend in the highly challenging American League East is yet to be determined, but they do have some good things in place. However, as a team that is always thinking about the future, they do tend to trade away veteran talent before they lose them in free agency. 

As shown this winter with the decision to trade Brandon Lowe, they will move players who they don’t believe are going to be a part of their future, even if they are impact players. While they have already decided to trade Lowe, they could elect to move another veteran at some point this year. 

Mark Feinsand of MLB recently wrote about some of the players most likely to be traded in 2026, and Rays’ star slugger Yandy Diaz was one of them. 

Moving Diaz Seems Likely