The three prospects they are receiving are low-level pitchers, with Brigham the only one who ranks among the Dodgers’ top 30 prospects at the time of the deal.
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“It’s not that we thought he was expendable”, Friedman said. This is going to make for some painful choices.
“I love Alex Wood. I do”.
The Red Sox certainly prefer young pitchers. Along with the right-handed Latos, the Dodgers acquired first baseman Michael Morse from the Miami Marlins. Some reports indicated that Morse could actually head to the Braves in the deal.
The Dodgers acquired pitcher Alex Wood from the Braves along with pitcher Mat Latos and first baseman Michael Morse from the Marlins. Wood is 7-6 this season with a 3.54 ERA. His contract situation (signed through 2018) and the size of his contract (nearly $23 million per year) were prohibitive for a lot of teams, and the Dodgers seemed like one of the few that could go there. He spent three seasons with the Padres and has had experience in the NL West. Along with his NL West experience, Latos will bring another arm to add depth to the rotation. He slots in as the Dodgers’ No. 4 prospect.
Olivera could play second base, third base or left field in Atlanta, but Braves are more concerned with beefing up their anemic offense. The rise of 18-year-old shortstop Ozzie Albies and other young infield prospects turned Peraza’s status from almost untouchable to expendable rather quickly. Olivera was signed to a six-year $62.5 million deal in the offseason.
“Financially, it’s just tough to find those bats”, he said. It’s tough for us to include any type of picks because we are built through the draft. But the deal was a disaster as Morse was, essentially, in a year-long slump, hitting just. 348 with a. 392 OBP and. 885 OPS in 19 games for three minor league affiliates, including. He hasn’t played in 2 1/2 weeks. Atlanta was very high on Olivera but couldn’t win the bidding war. Morse is also striking out more than once per game in what appears to be a season signaling the end of his best days. Paco Rodriguez, who is now recovering from surgery to clean out loose bodies in his elbow, was a 2nd pick in the 2012 draft and could prove to be the lights-out lefty reliever the Braves have been yearning for.
Arroyo is coming back from Tommy John surgery and hasn’t pitched this season. In Latos, the Dodgers get a solid #3 starter behind Greinke, although his numbers in 2015 are well below average (4.48 ERA).
Peraza hit a career-best.
Maybe he is bitter, after all, Buster Posey is 7 for 21 with four home runs, a double and eight RBIs against him. Guzman is a 20-year-old who’d been pitching in the Midwest League as part of Great Lakes’ rotation, making the jump from the Rookie-level Arizona League in “14 to full-season ball”. 294 with a modest. His OPS is.697, down from.
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Jeff Passan at Yahoo Sports reported that one unnamed executive said that the Dodgers will likely trade “Wood to Philly for Hamels”.
