The team has picked up Mat Latos and they are expected to keep the pitcher, but after getting Alex Wood from the Braves, the Dodgers could flip him and prospects to get Price.
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Being that none of those names is David Price, and none of those teams is called the Detroit Tigers, the Dodgers have some significant work to do with less than 48 hours until the deadline. And that made a team that began the year with a $280 million payroll vulnerable with such an uncertain back end of the rotation.
That stated, good for them.
Detroit Tigers starting pitcher David Price reacts after Tampa Bay Rays’ Curt Casali hit a solo home run, his second of the game, during the sixth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in St. Petersburg, Fla.
While general manager Brian Cashman has stated that there is a strong possiblity that the Yankees do not make a move at the trade deadline, the previous reports prove otherwise. And as Jon Paul Morosi of Fox Sports notes, the Houston Astros are aggressively hunting Price as well.
No question, the Blue Jays need a starter (or, preferably, two) badly.
The Yankees and Giants, sure. The Dodgers, Giants and Yankees are the other three, and now that Hamels is gone, maybe the Dodgers intensify that push.
The Giants have long coveted Leake, going back to when the San Diego native was the eighth overall pick in the 2009 draft out of Arizona State.
Some industry sources on Wednesday believed that the Dodgers-Braves-Marlins deal and Latos, Wood, Michael Morse, Jim Johnson and highly touted prospect Jose Peraza is only a means to an end for Los Angeles. Considering the way the team has played of late, not to mention the last three months, selling would seem to be an obvious course of action.
The Rangers have been reported in the course of the previous week as one of many favorites for Hamels together with the Los Angeles Dodgers and now he’s on his strategy to Texas. The Dodgers want Price and Urias is one of the top left-handed prospects in baseball, ranked No. 4 on Baseball America’s midseason top 50.
Their refusal to part with Seager and Urias, ultimately, is why they could not come to terms with the Phillies on Hamels.
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According to MLB.com, the Phillies are trading Hamels and pitcher Jake Diekman to the Rangers for a haul of players, including prospects with catcher Jorge Alfaro, outfielder Nick Williams and pitchers Alec Asher, Jerad Eickhoff and Jake Thompson along with vet starter Matt Harrison. The Rangers will inherit a pitcher who is owed at least $67.5 million over the next three seasons as well as club option in 2019 for $20 million with a buyout for $6 million.
