Hyeseong Kim had been playing professional baseball in South Korea since 2017, but he decided it was time for a new chapter in his career after eight years in the Korea Baseball Organization.
The Dodgers have been spending a lot of money on stars like Shohei Ohtani and Roki Sasaki and other teams are frustrated by it.
The Reds added Gavin Lux in a trade with the Dodgers this offseason and he has expectations for his first season in Cincinnati
The right-hander is regarded as the best remaining relief arm left on the shelf. Tanner Scott, Kirby Yates and Jeff Hoffman have all recently come off the board. Hoffman, Estévez's now former teammate with the Phillies, joined the Blue Jays, while Scott and Kirby added to the juggernaut that is the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Lantigua, 19, batted .301 with 11 home runs and 42 RBI across 49 games for the Rookie-DSL Dodgers Mega in 2024.
The Dodgers announced that they’ve traded minor league outfielder Arnaldo Lantigua to the Reds for international bonus pool space. Cincinnati is reportedly sending $1.5MM in pool room to the Dodgers. Bonus pool money must be traded in multiples of $250K. Los Angeles now has sufficient funds to finalize their $6.5MM deal with Roki Sasaki.
Roki Sasaki signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers broke the baseball world, albeit momentarily. It's tough to blame Andrew Friedman and Co. for taking advantage
Muncy is a two-time All-Star and two-time World Series champion. He hit .232 with 15 home runs and 48 RBIs in 73 RBIs. His career-high is 36 home runs and 105 RBIs, which he accomplished in 2023.
Instead of trading Ryan Brasier to make room for Kirby Yates, the Los Angeles Dodgers must make this move instead.
The Reds wound up playing a small part in Friday's big news of Japanese ace Roki Sasaki deciding to sign with the Dodgers. Cincinnati sent Los Angeles international bonus pool space for Minor League outfielder Arnaldo Lantigua.
Elly De La Cruz was a National League All-Star in his first full big-league season, which he finished with an MLB-best 67 stolen bases.
Executives around MLB have questions about whether there was any funny business involved in Dodgers' signing of Roki Sasaki.