TB and MIN

[Rays GM (Bailey)]

TB sends:
Yoshi Tsutsugo, CI/OF (TB) - 21: $7M
Greg Jones, MI (TB) - Prospect
Jack Kochanowicz, P (LAA) - Prospect

MIN sends:
Nathan Eovaldi, P (BOS) - 21: $17M, 22: $17M
Amir Garrett, P (CIN) - 21: $1.5M; 22-23: ARB
Kala'i Rosario, OF (MIN) - Prospect

TB Logic:
Hilch and I were discussing some players this morning and arrived to this. Eovaldi scares me a bit with his injury history but I like what he can do when healthy. He has looked great in his first two outings of 2021 so let's hope he keeps it up. My top 2 relievers entering the season will be hurt for a while (Anderson and Rosenthal) so I am looking to find replacements. I love AG. He had some injury issues at the beginning of Spring Training but I hope he can move past it. It is tough to part with the trio I am sending though. I like Yoshi but I think my corner infield depth is good enough to send him here. Plus i needed to clear a little bit of salary to afford Eovaldi so it made sense. Jones is a fun prospect so he'll be missed, as will Kochanowicz. Nice to receive Rosario though - he has lots of power so I hope his hit tool continues to grow.

Nice working on this deal with Hitch! Thank you and good luck.

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Accept. Bailey and I were in deep discussions over most of the morning and finally came to an agreement. I have enough RP depth that I could afford to move AG and Eovaldi is a pricy luxury for me, so I made sense to move him. I was lacking in positional bats off the bench so taking a chance on Yoshi to turn things around at the plate while providing some depth to my offense. I was lacking speed in my system so Jones is a good pick up to addm as well as adding a big pitching prospect in Kochanowicz to my system as he looks like he could become a solid mid rotation SP in time. Thanks for the deal Bailey and a pleasure as always.