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The Rays are acquiring starting pitcher from the White Sox, . Infielder will head to Chicago in return, according to . adds that the White Sox will also receive right-handed pitchers and . Houser, 32, had a rough 2024 season with the Mets but spent the offseason training at at PitchingWRX, a facility in Oklahoma City where former Sox pitcher is the chief of operations, according to . Houser landed a minor league deal with the Rangers in December, then inked a Major League one with the White Sox on May 20th. Houser had added over a mile per hour to his fastball due to his offseason training, and posted a stellar 2.10 ERA in 11 starts for the Sox. Somehow, Houser has had this level of succe s despite a 17.1 K%. Hes had succe s preventing barrels, and Statcasts xERA . Houser, a free agent after the season, joins a Rays rotation that also includes , , , and . Houser, a free agent after the season, can serve as something of a replacement for , who the Rays dealt to the Reds yesterday. The Rays optioned to Triple-A a week ago, but today shipped him to the Twins for elite reliever . Its been an interesting month for Rays president of baseball operations Erik Neander, who also shipped out and acquired earlier this month. The Rays simply arent afraid to make trades ( ) and serve as both buyers and sellers. The Rays took a painful lo s in New York against the Yankees today, with Nick Nastrini Jersey , , and . The club still has a fighting chance at 3.5 games out in the Wild Card. Mead, 25 in October, hasnt done much with Major League pitching in stints in each of the last three seasons. Nor has he been all that impre sive in Triple-A in the last few years. Still, Mead has spent ample time on Baseball Americas top 100 prospects list, peaking at #36 prior to the 2023 season. He garnered a 55/medium risk grade at that time, at which point Baseball America considered him one of the best pure hitters in the minors. Though the Rays are considered a dangerous trading partner, Mead represents a rare mi step for the club, as they acquired him for back in November 2019. Not known for his defense, Mead can fit at first, second, or third base. Those spots are occupied in Chicago by , , and of late, with taking a fair number of DH at-bats. Mead can likely work his way into the playing time mix. , Mead bears some similarities to Vargas. Davitt, a 25-year-old righty, earned a promotion to Triple-A earlier this month. described him in February as a funky low-slot guy at Iowa who has succe sfully been turned into a backend starter prospect in pro ball. Peoples, a 24-year-old righty, has spent the entire season as a reliever at Triple-A, posting a 2.65 ERA with a 12.3 K-BB%. The FanGraphs team wrote, Were betting on Peoples athleticism and delivery here, and still think he has a future as a fastball-heavy up/down reliever who has a chance to entrench himself in a more regular big league role if one of his secondary pitches improves. Alex Speas Jersey
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