The Rays love 3-team trades, proven by this insane stat

The Tampa Bay Rays aren't going to let an opportunity at a three-team trade pass them by.

They got involved in one on Monday night with the Seattle Mariners and St. Louis Cardinals that brought the slick-fielding Ben Williamson to the Rays.

It's not the first time they've been in a three-team trade in recent years.

Since the 2023-24 offseason, there have been seven three-team trades, according to Jon Becker. The Rays have been in six of them.

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It brings to mind this popular Rays meme, which comes from everyone simply respecting what the Rays do in all their maneuvers:

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It's a cool approach to take by Tampa Bay, which is never going to make many moves in free agency.

This is a way for them to slide into deals and add players that may be undervalued by other teams.

The Rays can use their own respected assets to bring in guys that they might need, or maybe players they can use down the road in a different three-team trade.

Other MLB teams at this point must know if they need a little bit to make a deal happen, they can just call the Rays.

They might worry the Rays are swindling them, but at the same time, Tampa Bay often greases the wheels to get these deals done.

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