{"id":481287,"date":"2026-02-15T08:57:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T08:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/481287\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T08:57:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T08:57:20","slug":"new-mlb-trade-rumors-on-rays-garrett-cleavinger-and-predicting-top-landing-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/481287\/","title":{"rendered":"New MLB Trade Rumors on Rays&#8217; Garrett Cleavinger and Predicting Top Landing Spots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Garrett Cleavinger is drawing interest on the trade market, according to <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7047128\/2026\/02\/14\/diamondbacks-zac-gallen-scott-boras-contracts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Ken Rosenthal<\/a> of The Athletic. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Per Rosenthal, the interest in Cleavinger &#8220;might stem in part from the lack of quality options among the remaining free-agent left-handed relievers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The 31-year-old will earn $2.4 million for the 2026 season and is under <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/17761\/garrett-cleavinger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">team control<\/a> for one more year. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Cleavinger appeared in 67 games with the Rays in 2025, posting a 2.35 ERA. He also racked up 82 strikeouts compared to 18 walks in 61.1 innings of work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Opposing batters hit just .184 against Cleavinger as well. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">His track record should make him particularly enticing for opposing front offices, as he owns a 3.19 career ERA to go along with an average of 11.4 strikeouts per nine innings. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The New York Yankees could be a potential suitor, as The Athletic&#8217;s <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6908826\/2025\/12\/22\/yankees-bullpen-concerns-2026\/?redirected=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Chris Kirschner<\/a> reported that the Yankees have previously held interest in Cleavinger on Dec. 22. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Another possible option is the Baltimore Orioles, especially after the Orioles <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/stats\/team\/pitching\/era?split=rp&amp;sortState=asc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">ranked<\/a> No. 25 among all teams with a 4.57 bullpen ERA in 2025. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Toronto Blue Jays could also use another left-handed reliever, as Brendon Little and Eric Lauer are currently the only lefties in Toronto&#8217;s bullpen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">While the Rays&#8217; 2026 regular season begins on March 26, they might not be done making moves just yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Garrett Cleavinger is drawing interest on the trade market, according to Ken Rosenthal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-481287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}