Outfielder Corey Dickerson Traded to Rays, McGee Headed to Colorado

The Colorado Rockies have reportedly traded left handed outfielder Corey Dickerson to the Tampa Bay Rays for relief pitcher Jake McGee according to reports. The teams also swapped minor league pitchers in the deal.

Colorado had an abundance of left-handed hitting outfielders with the recent signing of Gerardo Parra.

Bryan Kilpatrick makes the counterpoint; after not flipping Jose Reyes at the deadline last season, should we hang our hopes on a second trade at the deadline?

Dickerson, 26, has done nothing but hit since the Rockies selected him in the eighth round of the 2010 draft.

The Colorado Rockies possessed one of the worst bullpens in the Major League Baseball in 2015, so by acquiring hard-throwing lefty Jake McGee, they seemed to have addressed their glaring hole in the back-end of the bullpen.

McGee signed a one-year, $4.8 million tenure with the Rays last week.

The starting outfield would likely be Dickerson in left, Kiermaier in center and Souza in right, leaving Guyer as the primary backup and Morrison and Pearce splitting time between designated hitter and backing up at both first base and the outfield.

Dickerson, who will turn 27 in May, batted. For his career, Dickerson has a 1.085 OPS at Coors Field compared to.

The 29-year-old McGee was 1-2 with a 2.41 ERA, six saves 48 strikeouts in 39 games last season after returning from an injury. In 2014, he led the Rockies with 24 home runs. Stay tuned for updates regarding the trade between the Colorado Rockies and Tampa Bay Rays, and keep your fingers crossed Blake Snell is included.

The Rockies could also trade Gonzalez and Blackmon for better prospects, with ESPN suggesting a trade with the St. Louis Cardinals. They’ll get an additional two years of control on Dickerson, who isn’t arbitration-eligible until after this season.