It took virtually proper up till the commerce deadline buzzer, however the Los Angeles Dodgers have made their large transfer.
Jeff Passan of ESPN reported Tuesday that the Dodgers have agreed on a commerce with the Detroit Tigers that can ship righty pitcher Jack Flaherty to Los Angeles. Robert Murray of FanSided added that the Dodgers are sending prospects Thayron Liranzo (a catcher) and Trey Sweeney (a shortstop) again to Detroit.
Flaherty, 28, was one of many high accessible starters on the commerce market and have become maybe the one most suitable choice after the Chicago White Sox determined in opposition to buying and selling AL strikeouts chief Garrett Crochet earlier within the day. In 18 begins for the Tigers this season, Flaherty has gone 7-5 with a nifty 2.95 ERA and 133 strikeouts over 106.2 whole innings pitched.
Beginning pitching has been a weak spot for the Dodgers this yr, particularly with Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Walker Buehler, Emmet Sheehan, Dustin Might and Tony Gonsolin all at present on IL. However Flaherty can instantly slot in because the No. 2 starter behind Tyler Glasnow with Gavin Stone, River Ryan and the newly-reinstated Clayton Kershaw filling the remainder of the rotation.
The 63-44 Dodgers additionally made several offensive additions via trade earlier this week and are gearing up for one more October run.