The Rays selected Mangum's contract from Triple-A Durham on Tuesday, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Mangum hit .317/.358/.442 with six homers and 20 steals with Durham this season. He'll turn 29 in March and has yet to see any action at the big-league level, but the Rays felt it necessary to protect him from the Rule 5 Draft.
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Rays' Jake Mangum: Sent to Rays as PTBNL
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The Rays acquired Mangum from Miami on Friday as the player to be named later in the Vidal Brujan trade, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com reports.
The Marlins acquired Mangum from the Mets last winter as a player to be named later, and the 27-year-old outfielder will now head to Tampa Bay in similar fashion. Mangum spent all of last season at Triple-A Jacksonville, where he slashed .296/.344/.423 with 52 RBI across 515 plate appearances. He has yet to make his MLB debut.
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Marlins' Jake Mangum: Acquired as PTBNL
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The Marlins have acquired Mangum from the Mets as the player to be named later in the Jeff Brigham-Elieser Hernandez trade, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com reports.
Mangum, 26, posted a .804 OPS in the minors last season while splitting most of his time between Double-A Binghamton and Triple-A Syracuse. The switch-hitting infielder/outfielder could compete for a reserve role with the Marlins next season.
