The Athletic reporting the Rays are interested in Christian Vazquez, and the Sox are investigating their pitching prospects. This was the potential match Over the Monster suggested a few days ago, and makes a lot of sense for both sides.
1) The Rays have the 2nd best record in the AL and especially with the Yankees injuries a real chance to make a World Series run, but their main glaring weakness is the Catcher position: Mike Zunino has a .133 average (69 OPS+) and is a career .200 hitter.
2) Vaz has two more years on his deal (one of them a club option) at only $6M for '21 and $7M for '22. He's one of my favorites, but his presence hasn't done much for the pitchers this season.
3) Meanwhile, the Rays farm system is stocked with as much pitching talent as anyone in baseball, and it almost goes without saying that Bloom knows every single one of them better than just about anyone. Don't know this site, but their writeups (from January) seem really good:
https://www.prospects1500.com/al-east/tampa-bay-rays-2020-top-50-prospects/
4) Not mentioned in the rumors, but I wonder if the Sox would include Martin Perez -- the Rays also need affordable pitching depth and this could help get back a few better prospects.
Could put a dent in the Sox hopes of contending in 2021, but then again there's a huge FA class of veteran mid-level Catchers this offseason: Yadier Molina, Wilson Ramos, James McCann, Austin Romine, etc., and there's the big shiny object of JT Realmuto as well.