There’s one important non-baseball thing to know about Matt Duffy, the 2015 NL Rookie of the Year runner-up who was dealt from the San Francisco Giants to the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday at baseball’s trade deadline.

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He has a huge cat. Huuuuuuge. The cat, who is named Skeeter, is something of a famous baseball pet. It started when Duffy posted a picture with Skeeter, progressed to the point of Skeeter T-shirts and a Skeeter Instagram account. See? Just look at that huge cat.









Matt Duffy's cat Skeeter. (@DuffCat35) More

The Rays, upon acquiring Duffy from the Giants, even made an emoji-thing featuring him and Skeeter. Here’s a some tough news, though, Rays fans. Skeeter ain’t coming.

No, Duffy said that Skeeter is too large and Tampa Bay is too humid and that just won’t work. This is what he said Tuesday on MLB Network radio.

Matt Duffy (@mm_duffy) "it's too hot" for Skeeter in Tampa "He's a big boy, it's too humid. He'll keep living the good life with my parents" — MLB Network Radio (@MLBNetworkRadio) August 2, 2016





At least there’s FaceTime.

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