Matt Olson Traded to The Tampa Bay Rays; Brent Honeywell Traded to A’s

Matt Olson Traded to The Tampa Bay Rays; Brent Honeywell Traded to A's

Matt Olson Traded to The Tampa Bay Rays; Brent Honeywell Traded to A’s!

During this offseason there have been some MLB trades in the works – Oakland Athletics Matt Olson has been traded to the Rays for Tampa Bays pitcher Brent Honeywell.

CelebnSports247.com reports that the Oakland A’s and Tampa Bay Rays have done a trade.

Fox Sports Reports:

Olson is officially a Tampa BayEyes

Matt Olson has been traded to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for Brent Honeywell Jr. and other prospects to be named later. @JeffPassan on it first.

AthleticNations reports:

The A’s acquired pitcher Brent Honeywell in a trade with the Tampa Bay Rays, first reported by Jeff Passan of ESPN and later confirmed by the team. Oakland sent cash considerations in exchange, so no other players were involved.

The right-handed Honeywell was once one of the top pitching prospects in the sport before injuries stalled his progress. He reached national Top 100 prospect status entering 2016 and bumped up to the Top 20 entering 2018, but he then missed three straight seasons due to four elbow surgeries including a Tommy John procedure. He returned to action in 2021, and even made a brief MLB debut for three games in April before heading back to the minors for the rest of the year.