Nick Fortes, a DeLand native, will swap Sunshine State teams as the Tampa Bay Rays have acquired him from the Miami Marlins.

Junior Caminero hit a two-run homer, Drew Rasmussen recovered from a rocky start on the mound and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 4-2 in the opener of a four-game series.

The Marlins are sending Nick Fortes to the Tampa Bay Rays, as first reported Monday by the Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal. Miami is receiving outfielder prospect Matthew Etzel in return for Fortes, according to Fansided’s Robert Murray. Etzel is ranked as the Rays’ No. 28 overall prospect by MLB Pipeline.

In their last 10 games, the Tampa Bay Rays have gone 4-6 and watched the Toronto Blue Jays overtake the New York Yankees atop the American League East Division. While the Rays would love to be in the Blue Jays' position,

With the trade deadline just days away, the Red Sox have been urged to swing a trade with the Rays for Yandy Diaz.

A short-handed New York Yankees will host Tampa Bay Rays for a four-game series, with Game 1 scheduled on Monday.

A recent losing streak moved Rays from potential buyers to potential sellers as the MLB Trade Deadline grows closer every day. While the Tampa Bay Rays positioned themselves in a better way after the start of the 2025 MLB season,

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