The Dodgers have acquired right-hander Connor Brogdon from the Phillies in alternate for minor league southpaw Benony Robles. Each groups have introduced the commerce.
Philadelphia designated Brogdon for project earlier this week, and he’ll now swap groups for the primary time in his skilled profession. Brogdon was a Tenth-round choice for the Phillies within the 2017 draft, and he had a 3.55 ERA, 24.1% strikeout fee, and seven.9% stroll fee over 142 innings with the crew from 2020-23.
Regardless of these typically strong numbers, the Phils shuffled Brogdon backwards and forwards from the minors a number of instances in his first three MLB seasons. His manufacturing additionally dipped final season when his strikeout fee tipped to twenty.5% and his stroll fee jumped as much as 10.2%, and Brogdon was tagged for 5 homers in 29 innings of labor. Between these purple flags and a two-mile velocity drop on Brogdon’s fastball, the Phillies optioned the righty to Triple-A final June.
He didn’t make one other massive league look till this season, and Brogdon was hit exhausting for six earned runs in simply two innings unfold over three video games. With an unsightly 27.00 ERA on his resume, Brogdon discovered himself on the Phillies’ DFA wire on account of being out of minor league choices. He’ll now get an opportunity with one other Nationwide League contender, and presumably may profit from this particular change of surroundings to a Dodgers crew identified for rehabilitating pitchers.
Robles was a world signing who started his professional profession at age 18 with the Dodgers’ Dominican Summer season League squad. The southpaw’s management is a piece in progress however he has proven some means to overlook bats, as evidenced by his whopping 38.7% strikeout fee in 32 2/3 innings at high-A Nice Lakes final season. Robles additionally had a 13.9% stroll fee en path to a 3.86 ERA, so there’s some potential there for the 23-year-old as a aid weapon if he can restrict the free passes.