NEW YORK — The Rays had a busy finish to Thursday’s trade deadline, headlined by the acquisition of hard-throwing reliever Griffin Jax and the decision to hang on to their key veteran players. In deals reported just before and after the 6 p.m. deadline, the Rays:

In the middle of their four-game series finale Thursday afternoon, the Yankees and Rays finalized a deal to send Tampa Bay utility man Jose Caballero to New York. The Rays will receive outfielder Everson Pereira and a player to be named later from the Yankees.

Yandy Diaz and two other players had to leave the Tampa Bay Rays game against the New York Yankees due to injuries.

The Dodgers add the Reds’ 10th-rated prospect, left-handed starter Adam Serwinowski, as well as 6-foot-10 reliever Paul Gervase and backup catcher Ben Rortvedt from Tampa Bay and send Triple-A