{"id":81638,"date":"2024-07-29T15:50:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T19:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=81638"},"modified":"2024-07-29T16:26:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T20:26:25","slug":"dodgers-three-team-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/29\/dodgers-three-team-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers Acquire Infielder And Relief Pitcher in Three-Team Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bob Nightengale reports that the Los Angeles Dodgers are acquiring infielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/e\/edmanto01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-29_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tommy Edman<\/a> and starting pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kopecmi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-29_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Kopech<\/a> in a three-team deal with the Chicago White Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals. In return, the Dodgers will send infielder-outfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=vargami01,vargas007mig&amp;search=Miguel+Vargas&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-29_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miguel Vargas<\/a> and prospects <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=albert001ale&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-29_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexander Albertus<\/a> and Jerald Perez to the White Sox. Meanwhile, the Cardinals will receive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/feddeer01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-29_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Erick Fedde<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/phamth01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-29_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tommy Pham<\/a> from Chicago.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The full three-team trade reportedly completed by the Dodgers, Cardinals and White Sox \u2b07\ufe0f <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7BmjYlPrWU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/7BmjYlPrWU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLBNetwork\/status\/1817995130164445449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Dodgers Acquire Infielder And Relief Pitcher in Three-Team Trade<\/h2>\n<p>Due to off-season wrist surgery, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/e\/edmanto01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-29_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tommy Edman<\/a> has not played a game in the Majors this year. Unfortunately, he also sprained his ankle during rehab. Dodgers hope Edman will solidify third base heading into October as <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/12\/dodgers-major-needs-before-deadline-2024\/\" target=\"_self\">Max Muncy<\/a> is not recovering from a strained oblique. Muncy, who has been out since May, has no timetable for a return this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/25\/white-sox-scouting-trade-deadline\/\" target=\"_self\">Michael Kopech<\/a>, a right-handed starter, will shore up a weary and worn Dodger bullpen that has been responsible for many innings in recent weeks. He has a 4.74 earned run average, 59 strikeouts, and 9 saves in 43 games.<\/p>\n<h3>Diamonds In The Rough?<\/h3>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=vargami01,vargas007mig&amp;search=Miguel+Vargas&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-29_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miguel Vargas<\/a>, the White Sox receive a bat that has shown power and promise at times. Vargas has platooned in the infield and outfield but would be better suited as a designated hitter.<\/p>\n<p>Albertus and Perez, who are also going to Chicago, are reportedly top-30 prospects in the Dodgers organization.<\/p>\n<h3>The Cardinal Haul<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/04\/14\/tommy-pham-close-white-sox-deal\/\" target=\"_self\">Tommy Pham<\/a>, the once-and-future Cardinal, has been one of the most-circulated and most coveted names in the trade market. He has proven he can hit in the playoffs and play reliable defense.<\/p>\n<p>Fedde bolsters the Red-Bird rotation as well. He has a 3.11 ERA in 121 2\/3 innings pitched and is signed through 2025.<\/p>\n<p>While the White Sox are looking to the future beyond 2024, the Dodgers and Cardinals are shoring up their rosters for October.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credits: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bob Nightengale reports that the Los Angeles Dodgers are acquiring infielder Tommy Edman and starting pitcher Michael Kopech in a three-team deal with the Chicago White Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals. In return, the Dodgers will send infielder-outfielder Miguel Vargas and prospects Alexander Albertus and Jerald Perez to the White Sox. Meanwhile, the Cardinals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5226,"featured_media":81649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1071,10,33,25],"tags":[391,771,3899,1087],"class_list":["post-81638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","category-whitesox","category-dodgers","category-cardinals","tag-erick-fedde","tag-michael-kopech","tag-tommy-edman","tag-tommy-pham"],"modified_by":"Evan Mazza, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}