The Dodgers have acquired OF Josh Reddick and LHP Rich Hill from the Oakland As for three good minor league pitchers, Jharel Cotton, Frankie Montas, and Grant Holmes. MLB Pipeline rates Holmes fifth, Montas eighth and Cotton thirteenth among Dodgers’ prospects.
This is why Friedman et. al. have emphasized stocking the farm system: to have useful pieces available for trade to fill immediate needs.
At Dodgers.com Ken Gurnick says Reddick gives the Dodgers coverage if they do trade Yasiel Puig. He says the latest rumor about him involves a swap with the White Sox for James Shields. Other rumors: Ken Rosenthal says: “Dodgers’ talks with Rays revolve largely around TB’s starting pitching, but LAD also likes infielder Logan Forsythe, source says.”
Yahoo’s Jeff Passan on Hill: “Rich Hill was best reasonably obtainable pitcher on market. He has a blister. Those heal. He has a 2.25 ERA. No one else in baseball does.”
Ballslinger is back in the bigs with the Blue Jays,
NPUT
Maybe no one else in baseball has a 2.25 ERA, but Kershaw has a better one. So do BadGums and Kyle Hendricks.
Shaikin on Puig in yesteday’s Times:
Mike Petriello on Twitter re: Puig’s performance since coming off the DL.
Rosenthal apologizesfor “storming off phrase in first report about Puig.
The team is refusing to comment further.
Live blog, Zaidi’s comments on deals.
The early stories were misleading: https://twitter.com/TBrownYahoo/status/760261298856665088
I’m not clear on why he’d be sent down. He’s actually been doing pretty well since he came off the DL.
It is a puzzler.
More to it, no doubt. Maybe FO will address the situation tomorrow.
Oh boy. Puig was told he’d be traded or sent to OKC today (says Rosenthal) of Fox;
Let the fireworks begin!
Sigh. Why demoted Puig and not one of Toles or SVS? Puig better fielder and is hitting much more since late June.
I was getting excited to see Reddick, Joc, and Puig playing together in the outfield. And to strengthen the infield and bench by moving Kendrick and Utley around.
A little less noisy than it first appeared, Rosenthal now says.
Links to Rosenthal FB post.
Wow!
Analysis of the Fields – Alvarez deal.
Eric Stephen at TrueBlueLA analyzes Fields deal too.
Note that to make room for Fields on the 40-man roster they moved Hyun-Jin Ryu to the 60-day DL. He can’t be activated till Sept. 6.
Dodgers get Josh Fields for minor leaguer Yordan Alvarez.
I confess I really don’t understand why they’d trade a 28-year-old Bolsinger for a 33-year-old Chavez. They have roughly the same stats, and Bolsinger would seem to have more upside.
Guessing that Chavez is seen as a better fit now for possible bullpen support. Ballslinger has had a fling as a reliever and perhaps the organization wasn’t impressed. Don’t think there is a starter slot for him, and Stripling seems to have the leg up in both areas. So the deal was getting “maybe something” for “perhaps nothing”.
This is from a Blue Jays fan site, so take it with a grain or teaspoon of salt, but:
“The Jesse Chavez for Mike Bolsinger deal isn’t much to look at.
Evidently, the Blue Jays were on the verge of designating Chavez for
assignment, and they received a starting depth piece in return for
Chavez rather than nothing that all.”
I agree, not much to look at. We need pen help and they need starting help. We both got perhaps something for nothing.
Reddick seems enthusiastic about the deal.
I sure hope there is more to come.
Deadline has passed. Additional trades, however, might have happened but not yet public.
Ballslinger gone to Jays for Chavez (can’t get enough of ex-A’s pitchers I suppose. Matt Moore to giants, apparently.
He will be the first to play for the Dodgers in Chávez Ravine.
And cash to the Dodgers too.
Don’t buy the notion that Reddick provides coverage if Puig leaves. He is great against righties, but his split against lefties is .500 points of OPS!
Per baseball-reference.com:
Reddick’s contract for this year: 1 yr/$6.58M
Hill’s contract for this year: 1 yr/$6M
Meanwhile, here’s the Gnats’ prize acquisition
Hey, wingtips are hard to tie!