CINCINNATI\u00a0\u2014\u00a0What\u2019s the opposite of a splash?<\/p>\n
Because that\u2019s how the Dodgers<\/a> started their trade deadline activity late Wednesday night.<\/p>\n On the eve of MLB\u2019s annual trade deadline (which is Thursday at 3 p.m. PDT), the Dodgers were the tertiary party in a three-team trade with the Cincinnati Reds and Tampa Bay Rays.<\/p>\n While the biggest piece in the deal \u2014 starting pitcher Zack Littell \u2014 went from Tampa Bay to Cincinnati, the Dodgers were included in a swap of some lesser-name players.<\/p>\n Minor league catcher Hunter Feduccia<\/a>, a longtime Dodgers farmhand having a nice season with triple-A Oklahoma City, was sent to Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n In return, the Dodgers received pitching prospect Adam Serwinowski<\/a> from the Reds, as well as reliever Paul Gervase<\/a> and catcher Ben Rortvedt<\/a> from the Rays, according to multiple people with knowledge of the situation not authorized to speak publicly.<\/p>\n Serwinowski is the most intriguing name the Dodgers acquired. A 21-year-old left-hander who was ranked as the No. 10 prospect in the Reds\u2019 farm system by MLB Pipeline, the former 15th-round draft pick has been a favorite of Dodgers\u2019 evaluators for a while, according to another person with knowledge of the team\u2019s thinking.<\/p>\n While Serwinowski has a 4.84 ERA in high-A this season, the Dodgers are excited by his potential and add him to a farm system that is lacking the depth of impact pitching prospects it usually touts.<\/p>\n Gervase is a 25-year-old reliever who debuted in the majors this year with the Rays, posting a 4.26 ERA in five outings this year.<\/p>\n Rortvedt is a 27-year-old journeyman catcher who will help provide organizational depth in Feduccia\u2019s absence, alongside current triple-A backstops Chris Okey and Chuckie Robinson.<\/p>\n For a team that has been linked to some of the bigger names on this year\u2019s trade market, it was far from the blockbuster many fans have been waiting on.<\/p>\n Granted, the Dodgers are still expected to be active on Thursday.<\/p>\n Their need for a reliever remains, even though they remained idle on Wednesday as other top options, from Jhoan Dur\u00e1n to Ryan Helsley to Tyler Rogers, were dealt elsewhere.<\/p>\n The club is still hoping to add another hitter to their lineup too, with an upgrade in the outfield (especially defensively) seen as a priority, according to a person with knowledge of the club\u2019s thinking.<\/p>\n Whether the Dodgers can land the impact additions they seek, in what has been a seller\u2019s market defined by high acquisition costs to this point, remains to be seen.<\/p>\n But at least they won\u2019t go into deadline day without having made any deals, with Wednesday night\u2019s late-night transaction expected to be the first of several moves they make ahead of Thursday\u2019s trade cutoff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CINCINNATI\u00a0\u2014\u00a0What\u2019s the opposite of a splash? Because that\u2019s how the Dodgers started their trade deadline activity late Wednesday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[6909,49,48,1216,511,15232,27081,27077,462,27079,27078,27080,82,480,19867,9500,2533,2552],"class_list":["post-36512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-bullpen","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-deadline","tag-dodgers","tag-era","tag-farm-system","tag-knowledge","tag-mlb","tag-nice-season","tag-outfield","tag-paul-gervase","tag-sports","tag-tampa-bay-rays","tag-thinking","tag-thursday","tag-upgrade","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}