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.

The Milwaukee Brewers have taken their first swing of trade-deadline season. The Brewers are acquiring catcher Danny Jansen from the Tampa Bay Rays, as first reported July 28 by ESPN's Jeff Passan.