3:40pm: The Dodgers made it official, announcing that they have selected Ryan and designated Paxton for assignment.
2:42pm: The Dodgers are designating veteran left-hander James Paxton for assignment, reports Robert Murray of FanSided. The team has not yet formally announced the move.
Paxton, 35, signed with the Dodgers on a complicated one-year deal that pays him a $3MM signing bonus, a $4MM salary, a $2MM roster bonus for making the Opening Day squad and a series of $600K and $1MM bonuses that unlock periodically based on his number of games started. Paxton has made 18 starts this season, which was the last milestone he needed to max out his contract. He’ll receive the full $13MM possible on the deal but also seems likely to finish out the season with another club, one way or another.
It’ll be a move that catches some off guard. Paxton has a solid enough 4.43 ERA and despite a laundry list of injury troubles in recent years has been the Dodgers’ healthiest starter. He’s tied with Tyler Glasnow and Gavin Stone for the team lead with 18 starts but sits well below both righties in terms of total innings, as he’s averaged fewer than five frames per start.
Paxton’s earned run average also belies some far less-encouraging numbers. His 16.4% strikeout rate is nearly six percentage points shy of the 22.3% league average, while his 12.3% walk rate is way north of the 8.2% average. He’s benefited from the help of a .267 average on balls in play that stands as the lowest mark of his career despite surrendering a career-high 90.8 mph average exit velocity and a 43.3% hard-hit rate that represents the second-worst mark of his big league tenure. Paxton has been hit particularly hard of late; dating back to June 5, he carries a 6.03 ERA in 37 1/3 innings (eight starts). Stretch that endpoint to mid-May, and Paxton has been torched for a 5.82 ERA in his past 11 starts — all while averaging less than 4 2/3 frames per outing.
The Dodgers are set to welcome both Glasnow and Clayton Kershaw back to their rotation this week. Glasnow has been out since July 9 with lower back tightness and will end up only requiring a minimum 15-day stint on the injured list. Kershaw has yet to pitch this season while rehabbing from last November’s shoulder surgery. That veteran pair will join Gavin Stone, Landon Knack and Justin Wrobleski as starting options for manager Dave Roberts, though the Dodgers are also rumored to be promoting top pitching prospect River Ryan for his debut this week. Both Ryan and Kershaw will require the Dodgers to open 40-man spots, and it seems Paxton’s DFA will create one of those two vacancies.
Beyond Kershaw and Glasnow, the Dodgers hope to have Walker Buehler and Yoshinobu Yamamoto back from the injured list at some point next month. Right-hander Bobby Miller was just optioned amid some ongoing struggles but gives the team another rotation option. And, of course, starting pitching is reportedly one of the Dodgers’ top priorities heading into next week’s trade deadline. It’d be a surprise if president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman didn’t augment his rotation in some capacity.
As for Paxton, he’ll now either be released or traded within the next week. The veteran lefty has more than enough service time to reject an outright assignment and retain his full salary, so the Dodgers likely won’t even try to outright him. It’s easy enough to see a team on the hunt for rotation help show some interest, but at the same time it’ll be tough for any club to surrender much in a trade given Paxton’s recent struggles, his relatively notable salary and the fact that once he’s released, he’d be available for nothing more than the prorated league minimum.
Who is starting for this team now?
River Ryan?
Hate the dodgers but that doesn’t make sense. Having a decent to good year
They need starters who can at least go five or six innings.
An ERA of 4.43 is not “solid enough.” And who cares how many Ks a pitcher has? It’s not more valuable than getting two outs with one ground ball.
One of the most overpaid pitchers ever.
Really shocked they didn’t move him to the pen. He was way too inconsistent to stay in the rotation.
Seems like a good lefty reliever at this point.
I guess Paxton doesn’t agree.
Did you read the article? It clearly explains how terrible he’s been.
He’s had good games and bad games, but certainly could’ve been an effective lefty specialist out of the pen
It’s amazing how metrics-mania has made the pitcher’s W-L record into a total non-stat. It’s never mentioned in assessment of pitchers here on MLBTR. EVER. It’s as if it doesn’t exist. But Paxton is 8-2 with the Dodgers, and his career .643 W-L% indicates a guy who wins when he’s on the mound. Someone will take a chance on a winner.
I like this idea. Everyone is always looking for a lefty out of the pen and moving to the bullpen has revived many of careers. Less injuries too
Ngl I thought that was the plan when they signed Paxton initially
1st half placeholder in rotation, second half lefty reliever on a playoff team
Pretty surprised to see him cut loose
Glasnow and Kershaw return this week.
Glasnow doesn’t require a 40-man roster spot, but Kershaw does since he’s on the 60-day IL. Graterol is also on the 60-day IL, so they’ll need another 40-man roster move. There are lots of reliever scrubs though, so it is a bit surprising that they DFA’d Paxton already.
The relievers are needed more to cover the possibility that some/all of Ryan, Knack, Glasnow, and Kershaw (starters the next 4 games) only go 3-4 innings. So Paxton was the odd man out.
Plus, I think Friedman is closing in on a deal for an impactful starting pitcher. River Ryan having a nice start would probably mean he’s involved in the trade and can potentially increase his value right before pulling the trigger.
Still surprising given the number of SPs out. Kershaw and Glasnow are still health risks. More uncertainty with SP than RP. Could have easily DFA’d one of the reliever scrubs and brought up another scrub from AAA, or DFA one of the RP minor scrubs. Paxton just here to eat innings. I’d rather save Stone, Glasnow and others for postseason. I guess it won’t matter as most of these scrubs will get DFA’d as regulars return from injuries.
My arm is loose.
Wow, did not see this coming! You think Andrew Friedman has some major trade incoming?
That was my first guess too. Don’t see why they cut bait on Paxton especially when he’s maxed out on incentives otherwise.
Pete – I know I’m probably the only one here who watched him pitch last night, but after a rough first inning the guy was fantastic! His velocity increased as the game went on, started around 93 and got up to 96-97. ESPN announcers were convinced the warm temps helped with his velo.
I would imagine the Red Sox will be ALL OVER him now, he’s a SP and he will cost nothing … highly appealing to Sox management.
Yes FPG, you’re the only person on this baseball trade rumors website that watched Sunday Night Baseball…
Fletch – It’s kinda peculiar that nobody talked about Paxton’s game last night, as he performed far better after the first inning than anyone had expected.
In general many are here for the stats, not because of some desire to watch and talk about televised games. I say that based on the comment history, so much of it comes directly from BR and FG.
BTW – Do you see ANY mention of last night’s game in the above article? Nope, but plenty of stats and dollar amounts are there ….. just sayin’ ….
Maybe someday people here will talk about specific plays from a recent game, or about what the announcers said (lots of interesting info on SNB broadcasts). Maybe someday ….
Probably because Paxton isn’t the first marginally effective lefty to have a good start against Boston this year.
Fpg…you seem upset by fletchers troll of your trolling..lol funny
Fever, maybe if the site had a live chat feature, I could see that happening. Could be fun.
He was also the winning pitcher in last night’s Sunday Night Baseball game. Very odd move. When was the last time a player was DFA’d less than 24hrs after being the winner of pitcher on record?
Talking outta my butt, but probably earlier this season
One game/play is wayyyy too short of a sample to have any effect on how the team values him. I would think the high IQ commenters on BR would be more into that sort of analysis
He gave up 3 runs in 5 innings (bad), walked 4, K’d 7, made 95 pitches and only 58 were strikes. That isn’t fantastic that’s garbage. I’m surprised they dumped him only because he’s a warm body and it seems they want those right now before the break, but AF must have something up his sleeve.
If nothing else, seems like he could be a good arm out of the pen, kept in reserve until the next starting pitcher injury.
Ignorant – I agree, but what I’m saying is to really understand baseball and the players it’s important to watch the games because there’s so much that isn’t included in box scores.
Fletch – I’m in no way saying Paxton should have been kept because of his Sunday night performance, I’m just saying the way Pax transformed himself for several innings after the first was worthy of discussion.
He probably maxed out his usefulness for this roster. By doing this now it gives him a chance to catch onto another team. Paxton probably wouldn’t have much of a role going into the playoffs as he wasn’t as effective for a playoff roster. Too many walks etc. This is kinda harsh, but probably means a trade will happen for sure.
A trade, or will be simply clear waivers?
As both are good for 5 innings but think of the intangibles .Kikuchi for Paxton?
Jays aren’t going anywhere and a Canadian comes home to Toronto. Kikuchi has the stuff but he’s 35 next year
Throw in some other stuff in the trade.
I’ll just sit back now with a bag of licorice and wait.
Everyone always says this and doesn’t stop to think … why wouldn’t they have just waited until the trade goes through before releasing the guy?
I doubt this is because of any incoming trade. There would be no reason to cut Paxton loose until after the trade was completed.
Only makes sense to give him as much time to find a new team before trade deadline.
@Fever This site is geared towards the transaction aspect of MLB.
I found this move pretty surprising. Paxton has been fairly effective, but hearing he’s starting a game does not exactly inspire confidence. With Kershaw and Glasnow coming back they obviously have a plan for needs on 40-man and this is part of that plan.
I getvon the surface this move seems questionable, but Dodgers have an abundance of talent both healthy and not, so 40 man roster moves likely are being planned a few moves ahead of where most teams need to.
Only making 7 million. Someone could potentially use him. At least give him a shot.
It will be the Dodgers who will be paying most of the salary.
Just from the fact that the Dodgers would be paying his salary I would love to see the Padres get him…it would be a great story…Pitches against the team paying his contract and has a good game before he reverts back to high era…just need one good start
They need a starter Saturday it works
*13 M
But only the pro-rated portion of that for the rest of the season I think
5 mil in bonus for signing and for making OD roster – aren’t those paid already and not part of the prorated salary going forward?
yes. all the incentives have been paid by Dodgers.
After he clears waivers.
I suspect someone will send the Dodgers some C level prospect for him, or just wait and claim him. He’s been lucky all year, maybe his luck will hold.
I appreciate your name/handle
imminent dodgers trade coming?
They would have just did it after the trade. Not that they won’t make a trade but this doesn’t mean one is imminent
stpof – Ummmm … you know Kershaw and Glasnow are about to be activated, right?
If they were clearing a spot for a trade they probably wouldn’t also be talking about bringing up River Ryan. Basically the Dodgers are saying Ryan and Wrobleski give us more of a chance to win than Paxton.
Plus during last night’s game you could see Roberts visibly frustrated with Paxton and shaking his head at one point.
I believe that was on account of the bizarre strike zone being called by the home plate umpire.
I didn’t notice Dave that frustrated during the game.
Saw the same thing and was perplexed. Increasingly, I see Roberts saying and doing things on the bench and in pressers that make me think he’s losing his edge. Early in his tenure, seemed like he was much better at protecting his players and maintaining a strong relationship with his guys in the clubhouse.
I just finished Andy McCullough’s book on Kershaw. I was struck by the numerous occasions where Roberts frustrated Kershaw by revealing information about Kershaw (health, expected return from injury, etc.) that had not been cleared with the player. Lack of trust was the result. Not a good look for Doc.
If you consider sometime in the next 9 days to be imminent.
8-2 pitching record doesn’t mean what it used to…
Gluttony of riches available… must be nice!
Too many variables for W-L record to matter. Maybe when starters completed games it mattered, but even then, I remember one year Fergie Jenkins lost 6 games 1-0. So, was he bad in those games?
Jenkins was incredible. Over a 10 year span from 67-76 he had a 2.99 FIP while averaging 291 innings per year.
No, he was high.
Does anybody know the exact drug that was in a Greenie??? I know it was some kind of stimulant, may have been a Mexican diet pill.
I think qualudes
LOL no
Dexedrine (dextroamphetamine) it’s speed. but they also use it for ADHD So it helps with focus for mundane tasks. People used to use it for dieting too.
Amphetamine.
A psychedelic group named Mad River did a song called “Amphetamine Gazelle” with a crazy intro. Scared me back in the day.
16.4% K rate and 12.3% BB rate. He was at 24.6% K rate and 8.0% K rate last year. Can’t get much worse than that combo. He’s a career 9.5 Ks per 9 pitcher, including 9.5 last year. This year he’s a 6.4 per 9. Not missing bats.
Also sporting a 0.269 BABIP that is not sustainable. Low ground ball rate of 36.5%. His overall numbers are not very good, but he’s been one of the luckiest pitchers in MLB this season.
He’s just a dumb lucky guy with no talent who wandered into baseball one day and somehow put up a 72-40 W-L record (.643) with a 3.76 ERA for 11 years.
What part of “this season” did you not understand? Winning percentage is meaningless when you play for one of the top hitting teams in MLB (1st in OPS, 2nd in Runs, etc.).
When you have his BB and K rates as he does THIS year and throw the fastball as much as he does at a lower speed by an average 2 mph from last year, it’s no wonder why his K rate is down so much.
He’s also is in the bottom 6th percentile for average exit velocity and bottom 15th percentile in hard hit %, but his BABIP about 30 points lower than league average. In what world is that not luck when hitters are consistently hitting you hard but you’re not giving up hits?
it means exactly what it used to — that you won eight of your ten decisions! Pitchers aren’t just judged on Wins and losses in the current era.
Agreed, but when was the last pitcher who was 8-2 or around there DFA’d?
Paxton’s FIP is like 0.35 lower in his losing seasons than his winning ones, oddly enough
Out with the old, in with the new. Welcome to the Bigs, River. Wish it was as a Padre…
Speaking of….where is Matt Beaty these days?
Sure, kick a horse when it’s down… hand me a tissue, I’m gunna cry lol
Sorry, I didn’t mean it that way.
No worries braddha! Cheers
Besides, I know how you feel. I grimace every time I see Yordan Alvarez on the highlights.
Amarillo (Diamondbacks)
@Blackpink looks to be closer to $1.5M remaining he already has the signing bonus and all the incentives.
Thank God
For what?
God invented turn signals but hardly anybody seems to use them.
People use their turn signals up here in the PNW. They just don’t know how to drive in the rain and like to wear their pajamas and slippers to the grocery store.
Engineers created turn signals. God, if he/she exists, created mankind with free will to choose whether to turn and whether or not to signal beforehand.
mrkinsm: It’s the other way around.
Evolution brought about humanity, and mankind invented God and the creation myth to explain it all.
For Dodger baseball
Dodger baseball was born here in Brooklyn. God had nothing to do with it.
If God had had anything to do with it, they would still be in Brooklyn.
I know God, and you are not Him.
So you’re a fictional character too?
Where did I say I am?
That means they’re up to something
They’re up to something
Are they up to something?
Word around town is they’re up to something!
Something tells me that someone, somewhere is up to something. Sometimes.
I dunno
Of course they are. Unless, of course, they’re not.
Thanks for reiterating that for me
Word is they are shutting the entire team down early and resting up for 2025.
They’re up to clearing out a spot of their 40 man roster.
Well, that’s something
A number of teams could use him. This might be the kind of fruit St. Louis might pick. It was reported they have interest in Fedde, well, Paxton gives them an arm without giving up anything.
Truly I would prefer this over Fedde. We need a lefty and I don’t trust Fedde. Paxton has some upside even if he’s probably toast.
Fedde is literally in the AL Cy Young conversation (not as in he’s gonna win, but he’ll finish top ten). There’s no comparison. Of course, Paxton’s free.
I don’t trust Fedde. Paxton at least he wouldn’t require prospects.
8-2 records sure ain’t what they use to be…
He hasn’t been great but it’s still surprising to see. He at least takes the ball each time.
Welcome back to Seattle, Big Maple.
(Jk)
Although, I have always thought that his stuff would play great as a relief pitcher. Might be time for him
most durable pitcher they had lol
He pitched well just yesterday, so I’m kinda surprised. If the Mariners re-signed him, they could pull the trigger on a Woo or Hancock deal for Paredes/Arozarena or Chisholm/Scott deal.
Come back to Seattle if no one else wants you! You should have a spot with your name on it for triple A Tacoma and maybe an opportunity as a reliever
A little bit surprising in that they need SPs to absorb innings and preserve injury-prone and younger SPs. That said, there is limited space on the 40-man roster, especially with Kershaw coming off 60-day IL and any deadline SP acquisitions. He was never going to make the postseason roster though so not surprising from that view.
Brewers need an arm, the Keuchel experiment didn’t work.
My first thought too. But only if it doesn’t cost (hardly) anything. Not saying that to troll, it’s just how it is.
And we’ll get to see the drama queens flip out over it too.
Now I’m waiting for the Skubal scratched from tonight’s start post…
I am sure its not going to be until closer to the deadline time. Detroit would want to explore all avenues, and get as many bidders as possible.
Dodgers don’t really have the farm to get Skubal, or at least to beat the Orioles and other offers for him.
It’s not who has the best farm. It’s who makes the best offer.
Nooooooo!
Houston or Baltimore. Both can use another SP.
Just about every team can use another SP
The two teams I said need him more than any team, especially the teams no longer playing for the postseason.
5 innings of three run ball while collecting your 8th win gets you jettisoned off the team. May not be a bad pickup for Breslow
I think it’s more about the peripheral numbers, which have been terrible and much worse than traditional numbers like wins and ERA. It’s only a matter of time before he completely blows up. He’s dodged quite a few bullets. Often pitching with traffic and many short starts.
Wake up CLEVELAND!!! You need an SP yesterday, he’s cheap, and compared to what you’ve had so far this year he’s effective. No excuse for not making a serious run at Paxton.
Arias for Paxton?
Jays will sign him after he clears. He can take Kikuchi’s spot in the rotation.
Randy and Eflin inbound?
Something’s about to happen. He wasn’t that bad to just let him go for no reason
Why wouldn’t they wait until “something happens” to DFA him? No, this is just clearing a roster spot for the AAA dude they’re bringing up.
He just pitched, so he would be burning a roster spot until his next start. DFA today gives them a roster spot to work with for the next few days. During the DFA window, the Dodgers can trade him,
0% chance he clears waivers
No team is paying the prorated portion of his $13 mil deal when they can get him for the prorated league minimum once he clears waivers. He’s an overpaid back of the rotation guy….
To be clear- I didn’t say that someone is going to claim him and pay the whole salary. There will be a deal in place before he clears- Dodgers pick up a lotto ticket.
Too many teams need pitching for everyone to wait for waivers, someone will pick him up for a flawed prospect.
He could be traded before clearing waivers. This is what I expect.
He’s only owed like 1.5M$ for the rest of the season. The rest of it was bonuses already due to him by the Dodgers.
Except then you have to compete with everyone for his services. Why take the chances to try to save a couple bucks? Just pick up the contract. It’s not that much money left.
Someone will get him before he clears waivers, FOMO will make them pick him up. Yes, people will FOMO over him.
Yeah, I don’t get this. They’re already paying him $13 mil and don’t have any rotation depth. They got plenty of garbage relievers stashed in the minors that need the DFA, and Wrobleski could’ve been optioned til someone else inevitably ends up on the IL. We’ll see what they got cooking soon enough….
Wrobleski can be optioned back, but with both Kershaw and Graterol about to come back from 60-day IL, they need two 40 man roster openings. That said, plenty of fringe relievers in MLB and minor league rosters they could have DFA’d instead.
Graterol is at least a week or more away. They need to make space for Glasnow & Kershaw who will pitch Wed & Thurs this week. I believe that’s when you see Wrobleski optioned along with Knack. I think Ryan is rule 5. Love to see them DFA Ramirez but that doesn’t solve the numbers game with the starters.
But you don’t need a 40 man roster space for Glasnow as he’s only on the 15-day IL. You do need a 40-man spot for Kershaw and Graterol as they’re both on 60-day IL and not taking a 40-man spot. Of course you’d also need 40-man space for any trades. For Glasnow they can just option Wrobleski or someone else that has options.
More like a month for Graterol. He’s just started pitching.
This is such a Cardinals pitcher…. I could see us getting him as a “upgrade” and then doing nothing at the deadline… but I’d take him AND an Eovaldi, Eflin, or Fedde
An embarrassment of riches
The guy looked like Steve Carlton vs Redsox yesterday?? As cc and the music factory said in the 90’s…. Things that make you go Hmn???
Paxton has been “effectively wild” all season. Somehow he managed to get it done. I guess the Dodgers decided they’d pushed their luck far enough.
He has been ok at best this year. In playoff atmosphere this guy is going to get lit up like a pinball machine.
He relies on the fastball an insane amount for someone who is struggling with the location of the pitch. Using the 93 MPH non-located fastball about 60% of the time followed by a curve ball that he has located in 2-3 games this year (including last night).
When he lands the curve ball he looks good- other than that I have seen players just sitting on a center cut fastball all game and hitting it hard or getting on base with a walk.
It was like watching Kershaw in the playoffs.
I don’t think hes been particularly hit all that hard . The bigger problem is he cant put anyone away with 2 strikes
He’s obv been v lucky with strand rate and just overall lucky in general but I still don’t think he’s necessarily a comfortable Ab for opposing hitters
Paxton was hitting 96 on the gun yesterday.
and now he can hit the road
Hello Cleveland
$13m for half a season work and showed enough to maybe latch on for some more. – seems like paxton here wins.
The Orioles have one of the lowest payrolls in baseball, we should absolutely claim him if no one else with a higher priority snags him (and if no one trades for him, which I do not expect but who knows).
Even if we add a bigger name SP like Crochet or Skubal at the deadline, our rotation depth is still perilously thin after all of the injuries, so a basically free back-of-the-rotation starter would be quite welcome.
The Red Sox should kick the tires again on him. He pitched decent enough for us and could fill out the backend of the rotation . Plus he’s better than our current # 5 starter
Seems like there is a layer to this story we are probably missing, maybe we will get it in the next couple days
Ledger/tax slips, something off- field, idk tbh but feels like somethings missing. This team moves over-cautiously almost always and money isn’t really ever an object ~ I
must be a major conspiracy
Doubtful
thanks for clearing that up
Just a minor conspiracy. Those are the worst kind.
Blue: I would have thought a minor conspiracy was possible but we are out of options.
Probably not much of a conspiracy at all, could be as simple as a ledger/cash move …point being theres another layer, maybe we will get some info next couple days
Crunch: be sure to let us all know when you uncover the real facts
Enter Craig Breslow
Dodgers have one week to trade him, we are less than a week from trade deadline. These does not means teams are getting him for free, they just need his roster spot right now.
pepe: please don’t confuse us with actual facts
Trade deadline is still 9 days away isn’t it?
Could they just not trade him? Assuming the remaining salary isn’t an issue
There’s lots of contenders that would want him. Stop being foolish.
There’s lots of contenders that would want him.
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But not the Dodgers?
Well the Dodgers have been making a lot of really bad moves lately. Can’t keep a pitcher healthy so let’s release the one that’s been healthy all year.
Me trolling? You can’t be serious. You said nobody would want him. The Dodgers aren’t scaring anyone and just dfa’d their most reliable pitcher on the year.
Non contenders have to finish out the season. Who’s pitching for the White Sox if they trade both Fredde and Crochet? Someone has to cover those innings. Paxton could fill that need.
About 75 percent of the league needs at least an innings eater
Yanks can use him
He is only owed a couple million
A solid 4.43 era????? Stupid
FWIW, 9M$ of the 13M$ total was bonuses, of which no receiving team would be on the hook for. In addition they are 2/3rds of the way through the season, so he’s only owed about 1.6M$ from here on out.
4.43 ERA is acceptable in a Little League park.
I wonder if they’d be interested in dumping Paxton off for Kikuchi. It essentially would be pretty even money wise so all they’d need to do is offer up a few prospects to get it done. Toronto doesn’t really have a lot of arms to bring up once Kikuchi is gone or if more injuries happen so letting Paxton pitch a few games on home soil might keep some fans interested for the last couple months. Or worst case just eat the contract and release him to get a better prospect.
its practically a guarantee Paxton would get shelled in the post season, regardless his 4ish ERA.
Paxton wouldn’t get shelled in the postseason with the Dodgers because Paxton would not have been on the postseason roster.
The truth he speaks.
So who will be the one who gets shelled in their postseason?
They need to add Rohan Ramirez with him
They need to add Ramirez as well
Smells like a major trade move is coming! Crochet or whomever… The Dodgers will get pieces. Smart to get ahead of this and create a trade chip
In Friedman, I believe!
Maybe he’s the new VP pick, they heard he could punch out JD. Who knows anymore.
Bullpen arm?
Will the yanks get him ?.?..?
There is so little quality starting pitching in the big leagiues that some desperate team will give him a shot if Paxton passes the physical. Where have all the quality, healthy, conisistent starting pitchers gone?
Boston front office just perked up!
Tigers send 3B Urshela and RP Diaz or RP Henifee for Paxton
Paxton slots in as the customary LH starter in Tigers rotation as they send Skubal to Baltimore for Mayo and Holliday
Mayo takes over primary 3B/1B responsibilities from Urshela. Holliday takes over black hole Baez at SS
Tigers lineup becomes almost major league caliber 1-9 as Dingler comes up to replace a departing in separate deal Carson Kelly
Huh. Not what I would have done. He might not make the playoff roster, but he could be helpful in getting others there healthy. Not like the other teams in the division are creating any pressure to put up strong starts every game.
Sadly, Pax has no place in this angry country right now. E pluribus pluribus. Unum has left the country.
Pax vobiscum, now get outta here.
His last pitches on Sunday’s game averaged 96 mph. Where’s that been all season? Sandbagging?
The way the Dodgers like to win the offseason, they will try to win the trade line too. They will get Garret Crochet, Tarik Skubal, Tarik Skubal or Kevin Gausman.