Kevin Kiermaier of the Tampa Bay Rays isn’t happy about the team’s recent moves to trade starter Jake Odorizzi and designate All-Star outfielder Corey Dickerson for assignment.

“I am 100 per cent frustrated and very upset with the moves. No beating around the bush. It’s one of those things that makes you scratch your head, you don’t know the reasoning why,” he told Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times.

"And then you see the team's explanation and still it's just like, okay, well, so be it.''

He then added that it’s his responsibility to move on and that the Rays “still have a really good team in here.”

On the weekend, the team dealt starter Jake Odorizzi to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for shortstop prospect Jermaine Palacios. Soon after, they traded for Los Angeles Angels first baseman C.J. Cron and designated All-Star outfielder Corey Dickerson for assignment as the corresponding roster move.

Last season, Dickerson slashed .282/.325/.490 with 27 home runs. Odorizzi was 10-8 with a 4.14 ERA over 143.1 innings.

The moves save the Rays approximately $10 million in payroll.

Rays general manager Erik Neander said the moves were made to gain "financial flexibility."

The deals came after the club traded third baseman Evan Longoria to the San Francisco Giants earlier in the off-season for infielder Christian Arroyo, outfielder Denard Span and a pair of pitching prospects.

Longoria weighed in on the Rays’ weekend moves, taking a similar tone as Kiermaier.

“I just kind of feel sorry for the Rays fan base. … I’m not going to take too many shots but it’s pretty obvious that guy is a valuable player and didn’t deserve to be DFA’d. Corey was our best player last year,” he told reporters.  

Last season, the Rays were 80-82, good for third in the American League East. They haven’t made the playoffs since 2013.