The trade deadline season is just above the horizon, and the stove is starting to heat up as the Rays issued a trade to the Kansas City Royals. The Tampa Bay Rays have sent right-handed pitcher Joey Krehbiel to the Royals in exchange for cash considerations.

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C HICAGO –– With the MLB trade deadline approaching on Thursday, the White Sox made a deal with the Tampa Bay Rays. Minor league infielder Tristan Gray is headed to Tampa in exchange for cash considerations, the White Sox announced.

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

The direction the team will go and how much it will do still seem to be in play as Thursday’s deadline approaches.

The New York Yankees have been busy making moves as the trade deadline looms, and it doesn’t look like they’re slowing down anytime soon. Fresh off the addition of Ryan McMahon to bolster their lineup, the Yankees are shaking things up once again.

Luis Robert has been a major focus of many New York Mets rumors these past days with Joel Sherman dropping an even more pleasant one on Monday. According to him

Kyle Finnegan, Willi Castro, Harrison Bader, Danny Coulombe, Jhoan Duran, Nathaniel Lowe, and Griffin Jax are some potential names from the Nationals and Twins to keep an eye on that might be dealt before the deadline.

Snell was placed on the injured list on April 6 (retroactive to April 3) with left shoulder inflammation after experiencing discomfort during a bullpen session.