Among the finest pitchers out there available on the market has been moved because the Los Angeles Dodgers have traded for Detroit Tigers pitcher Jack Flaherty proper earlier than the tip of the commerce deadline.
Flaherty is having a stellar season after signing a one-year, $14M take care of the Tigers. He’s at the moment 7-5 with a 2.95 ERA, 0.96 WHIP and 133 strikeouts in 106.2 innings, he’s trying extra just like the pitcher that dominated the league in 2019.
A local of Burbank, California, the 28-year-old right-hander will get to return house and pitch in entrance of family and friends with the Dodgers, and he joins a high rotation that has been combating accidents.
In return for Flaherty, the Dodgers are buying and selling 24-year-old outfielder Trey Sweeney and 21-year-old catcher Thayron Liranzo to finish the deal.
Sweeney was acquired from the New York Yankees this offseason and has spent the season in Triple-A the place he has posted a .254/.334/.427 slash line with 13 house runs, 62 RBI and 16 stolen bases in 96 video games.
Liranzo is a younger catcher who smashed 24 house runs in 94 video games final season in Single-A however has had bother repeating the efficiency in 2024. At the moment slashing .220/.344/.356 he has solely seven house runs in 74 video games performed after transferring as much as Excessive-A.
With Flaherty set to develop into a free agent this offseason, the Tigers knew that they weren’t going to have the ability to demand a excessive asking worth and took a flyer on these two prospects.
As for the Dodgers, they personal one of many deepest farm methods in baseball and have used it to enhance their crew by not solely buying Flaherty but in addition including utilityman Tommy Edman and Amed Rosario, outfielder Kevin Kiermaier and reduction pitcher Michael Kopech in the course of the commerce deadline.
With one of many highest payrolls in baseball, the Dodgers made these offers trying to make one other deep playoff run in 2024.
