Nothing against the guys in this trade, but the Rays say no to it. Rays are bursting at the seams with infielders (other than high-end SS), with one of their best bats currently playing 3B (Paredes) and their #1 prospect (Caminero) also a 3B prospect who was called up at year end. Rays also have Curtis Mead to play 3B (their #3 prospect), along with an assortment of others like Basabe (prospect) and Walls (veteran). All of these guys can play other infield positions too. Rays have so many infielders, they are likely to trade B.Lowe this offseason just to make some room for the rookies (and to clear a little payroll). Trading for Collier and Steer just doesn't make any sense. As for Ashcraft, he doesn't have the ceiling to headline a trade for Aroz. His trade value is pretty much tied to the 5 years of control he has more than his performance on the field.

Yeah I agree with you. Would need more pitching. Anything like this would likely be a 3 team trade with Cleveland or the like. Get some controllable pitching to TB and young hitters to CLE.