In their second trade in a matter of hours, the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday acquired infielder/outfielder Amed Rosario from the Tampa Bay Rays for minor-league right-hander Michael Flynn.
Rosario finished the 2023 season with the Dodgers after being acquired from the Cleveland Guardians for right-hander Noah Syndergaard and cash. Rosario batted .256 with three home runs and 18 RBIs in 48 games for Los Angeles last year. Rosario, 28, was batting .307 with two homers and 26 RBIs in 76 games with the Rays this season.
Earlier in the day, the Dodgers obtained right-handed relief pitcher Michael Kopech from the Chicago White Sox and utility man Tommy Edman from the St. Louis Cardinals. The Dodgers sent infielder Miguel Vargas and infield prospects Alexander Albertus and Jeral Perez to the White Sox in the three-way trade.
The Major League Baseball trade deadline is Tuesday.
Rosario has a career batting average of .275 with 62 home runs and 360 RBIs in 915 games with the New York Mets (2017–20), Guardians (2021–23), Dodgers (2023), and Rays (2024).
Flynn, who turns 28 on Aug. 7, was 2–1 with a 4.95 earned-run average in 28 relief appearances at Triple-A Oklahoma City, and also threw six scoreless innings for Double-A Tulsa, Okla., early in the season. He was in his first season in the Los Angeles farm system.
The Dodgers opened up a 40-man roster spot for Rosario by designating left-hander Ryan Yarbrough for assignment. Yarbrough was 4–2 with a 3.74 ERA in 32 appearances out of the bullpen this season.
Yarbrough, 32, is 52–40 with a 4.30 ERA in 184 career appearances, including 68 starts, with the Rays (2018–22), Kansas City Royals (2023), and Dodgers (2023–24).
