The Rays made the most of the waning minutes before the MLB Trade Deadline with the decision to move Jose Caballero to the New York Yankees.

Giancarlo Stanton and Ben Rice homered in the first two innings and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-4 in a game interrupted by rain for nearly three hours.

'Very Dangerous': Yankees’ Trade Addition Makes Feelings Clear After Rays Game originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

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.

José Caballero turned an inning-ending double play for the Tampa Bay Rays in the fifth inning, then batted in the sixth

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.