The Los Angeles Dodgers played a serious game to defend their World Series championship. Blockbuster deal This will give the Washington Nationals trump card Max Scherzer And the all-star shortstop Turner Go to Los Angeles because they have two best prospects plus two intermediate ones.
Scherzer and Turner joined one of the most prestigious lists in baseball history, as the Dodgers hope to win the National League pennant and the team’s eighth World Series title for the fourth time in five seasons.
The Dodgers’ starting lineup is completely healthy
Mookie Betts RF
Trea Turner CF
Justin Turner 3RD
Max Monsey 1ST
Will Smith C
Chris Taylor 2ND
Corey Seagal SS
Cody Bellinger LFHow could this lineup lose?
— Bet with boys (@betwiththeboys) July 30, 2021
The source said that if the transaction is completed, the complete package for Scherzer and Turner to Nationals will be C Keibert Ruiz, RHP Josiah Gray and two mid-range prospects @TheAthletic.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 30, 2021
On Thursday night, the two teams began to finalize groundbreaking deals. The Dodgers won Scherzer and Turner, while the Nationals won C Keibert Ruiz, RHP Josiah Gray, RHP Gerard Carrillo and OF Donovan Casey.
Breaking news: A source told ESPN that the Dodgers are finalizing a deal to acquire star right-hander Max Scherzer and star shortstop Trea Turner from the Washington Nationals to gain huge prospects. The blockbuster movie is about to happen.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 30, 2021
As Dustin May lost his injury this season after undergoing Tommy John surgery, Scherzer will join the Dodgers to take care of the injury, while Klayton Kershaw is continuing to recover his forearm and has not started since July 3 . Trevor Bauer has been on administrative leave since July 8 due to allegations of sexual assault and abuse.
As the regular season enters the final two months, the 37-year-old Scherzer will bring much-needed depth to the rotation. Sherzer has won Cy Young three times and is one of only five pitchers to win the award in both leagues. Scherzer also led twice in each of the two leagues and threw two no hits in 2015.
The 28-year-old Turner is currently slashing .322/.369/.521 with 18 home runs, 49 RBI, 146 OPS+ and 4.1 WAR. Turner was selected for the All-Star Game for the first time this season.
Turner will serve as shortstop second baseman for the rest of the season Corey Seagal It looks like return This weekend he was injured after being absent for two months due to a fracture of his right hand.
Seager will enter the free agent market this offseason, and his possible departure may make Turner a shortstop for the Dodgers in the future.Dodgers will let Turner off Team control Until 2023.
The Dodgers’ Trea Turner trade provides clues about the team’s feelings:
1. Upcoming Corey Seager negotiations.
2. Their nagging about Mookie Betts’s certainty—or uncertainty.
3. The depth of Cody Bellinger’s struggle.— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) July 30, 2021
Both Scherzer and Turner are key figures in the Nationals 2019 World Series championship team. The Dodgers took this move because they wanted to keep pace with their rivals San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres in the Western Conference of the National League. The Dodgers trail the Giants by three games and lead the Padres by 2.5 games with a record of 62-42. Before the Dodgers make their final offer to the Nationals, the Padres are approaching Scherzer, and later moves may have a huge impact on the two teams in October.
Suddenly: Padres is about to acquire Max Scherzer, a source told @TheAthletic.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 29, 2021
Ruiz and Gray are for the Dodgers Two best prospects The Nationals hope to rebuild two years after winning the first World Series title since 1924 in Washington, DC. Both of them are top 100 prospects in baseball. The 23-year-old Ruiz has hit 16 homers in 52 triple-A games this season and is a reliable guard. Gray, 23, threw a fast ball in the mid-1990s and two breaks. In four triple-A matches, his self-blame rate was 2.87 and his strikeout rate was 11.0.
The 22-year-old Carillo is the 17th rookie on the Dodgers. He shot fastballs and slips from the mid-90s. Carillo tends to walk a lot of batsmen and is likely to be before his debut. Moved to the bullpen.
The 25-year-old Casey has 11 home runs and 15 steals in this season’s double A. A strikeout rate of 0.296/.362/.462 is 30%.
This move is a victory for both teams, because the Dodgers’ goal is to win another championship, and the Nationals hope to build for the future so that they can compete with their opponents in the Eastern Conference of the National League, the New York Mets and the Atlanta Warriors. The team competes with the Philadelphia Phillies.
