Dodgers, Braves, Marlins Nearing Blockbuster Deal

“He passed all the tests, as far as makeup and character”, Gonzalez said, adding that Olivera texted him after Braves outfielder Adonis Garcia, with whom Olivera once played in Cuba, homered in recent games against the St. Louis Cardinals and Baltimore Orioles.

The Dodgers are all-in for the 2015 season.

As trades all around Major League Baseball are continuing, reports indicate that the Los Angeles Dodgers have acquired the pitching help they desired. The Marlins did give the Dodgers an unannounced amount of cash in the deal.

To Dodgers: LHP Alex Wood, RHP Mat Latos, OF/1B Michael Morse, RHP Bronson Arroyo, LHP Luis Avilan, RHP Jim Johnson and UT Jose Peraza.

A Tigers source described his team as “sellers” with all of their walk-year players available, so not only Price, but Yoenis Cespdes, Alex Avila, Rajai Davis, Alfredo Simon and Joakim Soria. But the deal was a disaster as Morse was, essentially, in a year-long slump, hitting just. The Dodgers will send the Braves reliever Paco Rodriguez, prospect Zachary Bird, and infielder Hector Olivera.

The Marlins also included their competitive balance draft pick in the deal.

Miami got three minor leaguers from the Dodgers and sent a draft pick to Atlanta. Since debuting for the San Diego Padres back in 2009, he has gone 64-52 with a 3.43 ERA, a 1.17 WHIP and 938 career strikeouts while also spending time with the Cincinnati Reds, who traded him to Miami prior to this season.

But what about between now and Friday at 4 p.m. ET, when the trade deadline strikes? The Dodgers may not be done. He is set to make $7 million in 2015 and $8 million in 2016. Giancarlo Stanton remains one of baseball’s top power hitters.

If Latos has his head on straight and pitches like he did from 2010 to 2013, the Dodgers could ride their rotation deep into October. With likely $4.5 million remaining in salary for the rest of the year, Latos would have been worth about $3 million in surplus trade value. Olivera has been sidelined since June 13th with a hamstring injury.

That wasn’t enough to dissuade Hart. We will find out those moves tomorrow.

After the game, Dombrowski told reporters: “We’re looking at it more as rebooting going into next season”.

The Marlins dumped two big contracts on the Dodgers, whose record luxury-tax payroll climbed to $297 million. Thus, they apparently felt they could part with Wood, who is just 24 years old and under team control through 2019.

The return the Atlanta Braves will receive from Los Angeles is somewhat underwhelming at first glance.

Mike Morse, Brandon Beachy, Chris Heisey and Chin-hui Tsao were all designated for assignment, and relief pitcher Chris Hatcher was transferred to the 60-day disabled list. So they found a way to get young players elsewhere that would potentially allow them to complete such a maneuver by forging a three-way deal with the Braves and Marlins.