Morton signs with Rays, Tanners dealt

LAS VEGAS >> An All-Star starter to the relief-reliant Rays, a Tanner-for-Tanner trade and a Scott Boras sighting. Intrigue at the winter meetings, but not much impact.

Not yet, anyway. Charlie Morton was the top name to switch teams Wednesday, joining Tampa Bay for a $30 million, twoyear deal after going 15-3 with Houston last season.

And in the majors’ first swap of players with the first name of Tanner, the Nationals sent Tanner Roark to Cincinnati for Tanner Rainey in a trade of right-handers.

Roark led the National League with 15 losses, but expected he would be part of a prime rotation that recently added All-Star Patrick Corbin to stars Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg.

“I felt like we would have a pretty good staff over there in D.C. but they thought otherwise and I don’t know what their plans are,” Roark said on a conference call.

Fans all over, meanwhile, waited to hear where the likes of free agents Bryce Harper and Manny Machado and trade targets Corey Kluber and J.T. Realmuto might go.

The Yankees worked to re-sign lefty J.A. Happ but, as always, were on the lookout for bigger prizes.

“We’re a fully operational Death Star,” Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said.

Boras, meanwhile, said there are teams ready to move right now on Harper.

“Bryce is open to a lot of different venues, so it’s really about what a lot of owners have said to him about their commitments and what they want to do long term,” the prominent agent said.