The Rays got Jax, who Neander called “as overpowering a reliever as you’re going to find,” from Minnesota in a one-for-one deal for Taj Bradley, the promising 24-year-old who last week pitched his way to Triple A. Jax is under team control through 2027.

In the middle of their four-game series finale Thursday afternoon, the Yankees and Rays finalized a deal to send Tampa Bay utility man Jose Caballero to New York. The Rays will receive outfielder Everson Pereira and a player to be named later from the Yankees.

On a day that Aaron Boone described as exciting for some players and anxious for others, the Yankees took care of business on the field with the trade deadline looming over them.

MLB infielder Jose Caballero was in a literal no-lose situation on Thursday, July 31, when the Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees faced each other in a matinée. The two American League East teams were in the middle of their game at Yankee Stadium when news broke that Caballero,