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The Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> took all of two weeks to soak in the glory of their<\/a> second straight World Series victory. As of Sunday, the first back-to-back champions in 25 years have already started making deals with an eye toward sustaining their success into the future. <\/p>\n The Dodgers made a trade with the Seattle Mariners<\/a> that flew well under the MLB radar, coming as it did on the same day that Seattle made the first major splash of the offseason by agreeing to terms with free agent<\/a> first baseman Josh Naylor<\/a>. <\/p>\n The 28-year-old Naylor belted nine home runs in 191 at-bats for the Mariners after heading north from the Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a> at the trade deadline, in exchange<\/a> for a pair of pitching prospects.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t Dodgers Prospect Recently Added to 40-Man Roster<\/p>\n Now, the Mariners have parted with another pitching prospect, in a trade with the Dodgers this time, and received one in return in a deal that the Seattle club announced on social media Sunday<\/a>.<\/p>\n In the trade, the Dodgers say goodbye to 25-year-old lefty Robinson Ortiz<\/a>, who has been pitching for the Los Angeles organization since 2017, but in a minor league career marred by injury setbacks and the 2020 pandemic year minor league shutdown, the Dominican Republic native never saw a Major League mound<\/a>.<\/p>\n The trade came 11 days after the Dodgers added Ortiz to their 40-man roster<\/a>, protecting him from being snapped up by another team in the Rule 5 draft. Now, they have cut ties with Ortiz after all, but by trading him, the Dodgers get a prospect in return.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t Ortiz Rose Steadily Through System<\/p>\n Had Ortiz been claimed in the Rule 5 draft, Los Angeles would have received no compensation.<\/p>\n \u201cOrtiz certainly hadn\u2019t been on anyone\u2019s radar previously,\u201d wrote Katrina Stebbins of Dodgers Way<\/a>. \u201cHe shot up from High-A to Triple-A this season and posted a 2.73 ERA in 59 1\/3 innings across all three levels.\u201d<\/p>\n To say that Ortiz was on no one\u2019s radar may be a slight overstatement. While it is true that Ortiz was a largely overlooked international signing in 2017, receiving a modest $60,000 bonus<\/a> at the time, and taking a full year after he became eligible for a pro contract to connect with a team that wanted to sign him, the young southpaw advanced steadily through the Dodgers\u2019 ranks.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t Champs Pick Up 22-Year-Old Righty<\/p>\n Despite not being invited to the Dodgers alternate training site in 2020, he was raked the No. 25 prospect on the Los Angeles system by the start of 2021, according to Dodgers Daily<\/a>. Unfortunately, he suffered a forearm strain that caused him to miss all but four games in 2021, and the entire 2022 season.<\/p>\n When he returned, however, he made it to the Dodgers Triple-A level by 2025. <\/p>\n In return, the Mariners sent 22-year-old righty Tyler Gough<\/a>, Seattle\u2019s ninth-round draft pick<\/a> in 2022, to Los Angeles. Gough signed for a $275,000 bonus out of JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano, California, passing up a recruitment by Oregon State. <\/p>\n He was rated as the Seattle No. 25 prospect<\/a> by Fangraphs this year, though Gough has not yet pitched above the Single-A level.<\/p>\n \u201cHis stuff is good, and he has the repertoire to be developed as a starter to see if his control improves,\u201d wrote Fangraphs talent evaluator Eric Longenhagen of the then-Mariners prospect. \u201cGough\u2019s fastball has big riding life, his changeup has plus sinking action, and his slider flashes big two-planed length.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t \n\t\t\tJonathan Vankin<\/a> JONATHAN VANKIN is an award-winning journalist and writer who now covers baseball and other sports for Heavy.com. He twice won New England Press Association awards for sports feature writing. He was a sports editor and writer at The Daily Yomiuri in Tokyo, Japan, covering Japan Pro Baseball, boxing, sumo and other sports. 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