Seattle sends minor league RHP Tyler Gough to the Dodgers
SEATTLE — Seattle Mariners Executive Vice President & General Manager of Baseball Operations Justin Hollander announced today the Mariners have acquired left-handed pitcher Robinson Ortiz from the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for minor league right-handed pitcher Tyler Gough.
The Mariners 40-man roster is now at 39 players.
Ortiz, 25, finished the 2025 season with the Triple-A Oklahoma City Comets after also spending parts of the season with the Dodgers High-A and Double-A affiliates. In 15 appearances (1 start) with the Comets, he went 1–0 with a 2.76 ERA (5 ER, 16.1 IP) with 9 walks and 14 strikeouts. Across 48 minor league appearances (1 start) in 2025, Ortiz was 5–2 with a 3.19 ERA (18 ER, 59.1 IP) with 33 walks and 72 strikeouts.
The 6-foot, 180-pound lefty has appeared in parts of 6 minor league seasons in the Dodgers organization (2017–19, ’21, ’24–25), during which he has posted a career 17–12 record and 3.48 ERA (92 ER, 238.0 IP) with 109 walks and 238 strikeouts.
The Peravia, Dominican Republic native originally signed with the Dodgers as an international free agent on June 2, 2017.
Gough, 22, did not play during the 2025 minor league season due to injury. He has appeared in 33 games (1 start) with High-A Modesto between the 2023 and 2024 seasons, going a combined 8–7 with a 4.66 ERA (65 ER, 125.2), 62 walks and 123 strikeouts.
The 6-foot-2 righty was selected by the Mariners in the 9th round of the 2022 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of JSerra Catholic HS (San Juan Capistrano, CA).