To fill his role in Tampa Bay, the Rays appear reportedly acquiring one of the Marlins catchers Nick Fortes; the fish had three catchers on the major league roster with a top prospect in the wings. At the plate Fortes has a career 70 wRC+ with both low walk and low strikeout rates, but you don’t acquire this sort of catcher for his bat.

The Tampa Bay Rays have traded for Miami catcher Nick Fortes a day after sending veteran catcher Danny Jansen to Milwaukee in another deal as the trade deadline approaches

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