ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — C.J. Cron once hit 30 home runs for the Rays. A month later, he was waived.
Corey Dickerson was traded not long after his only All-Star appearance, Blake Snell was the Game 1 starter for three playoff rounds in 2020 and was a San Diego Padre three months later, and Austin Meadows went from 106 RBIs in 2021 to packing his bags for Detroit in the spring of 2022.
If you haven’t figured it out, the Rays are fearless when it comes to remaking their roster. While others contemplate, the Rays obliterate. Year after year, locker by locker. To this team of limited revenues, conventional wisdom is a trap.