The Marlins on Tuesday dealt catcher Nick Fortes to the Rays in exchange for Double-A outfielder Matthew Etzel. This marks ...

The Tampa Bay Rays acquired catcher Nick Fortes from the Miami Marlins on Tuesday in exchange for minor league outfielder ...

This year’s Trade Deadline was much calmer than a year ago, when the Marlins injected their system with 11 prospects from six trades to completely overhaul their personnel. In a pair of moves this ...

The Marlins acquired Etzel (undisclosed) from the Rays on Monday in exchange for Nick Fortes, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports.

The Tampa Bay Rays got younger at catcher Monday, using a pair of reported trades to swap Danny Jansen out for Nick Fortes.

The Miami Marlins have made their first move of the MLB trade deadline, reportedly sending C Nick Fortes to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for OF Matthew Etzel (Tampa Bay’s No. 28 overall prospect).

Tampa Bay Lands Defensive Whiz Nick Fortes from Marlins, Bolstering Backstop with Batting Upswing TAMPA, Fla. - The Tampa Bay ...

The Tampa Bay Rays are acquiring catcher Nick Fortes from the Miami Marlins for OF prospect Matthew Etzel. News of Tampa ...

I know they’re selling at this point so offloading Fortes was a positive, but the return wasn’t great. Granted, Fortes is slashing .240/.288/.347 with a .637 OPS this season. He’s played in just 29 ...

Nick Fortes, a DeLand native, will swap Sunshine State teams as the Tampa Bay Rays have acquired him from the Miami Marlins.

Etzel, meanwhile, was 3-for-20 with a home run, a double and two walks in 10 games. The Rays acquired Etzel and two other prospects from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for starting pitcher Zach ...

He was Bowie outfielder Matthew Etzel, the club’s 10th-round pick last year out of Southern Miss. He was having a decent year, which started for him at High-A Aberdeen. He moved to Bowie on June 11.