Blockbuster Dodgers-Reds Trade Would Bolster LA With Breakout Star..
The Cincinnati Reds could potentially look to trade starting pitcher Andrew Abbott when Rhett Lowder returns from injury this season. Beyond Lowder, the Reds have prospects Chase Burns and Chase Petty surging up the minor leagues. Since returning from injury, Abbott has made two starts and allowed just two runs. The lefty has struck out 16 batters in 11 innings so far. One team that could send the Reds an offer for Abbott that Cincinnati couldn’t refuse is the Los Angeles Dodgers. Los Angeles is currently experiencing some serious injury issues in its starting rotation. Here’s a hypothetical deal that could get the trade done to send Abbott to the Dodgers: Los Angeles Dodgers receive: LHP Andrew Abbott Cincinnati Reds receive: C/OF Dalton Rushing, OF Eduardo Quintero, LHP Justin Wrobleski Abbott is a potential ace who’s already proved to be a solid innings-eater. He’s under team control for quite a long
time. The Dodgers could add him to the roster as a consistent piece of an injury-plagued rotation for the next few years. The return would be enough to steal Abbott from the Reds. Dalton Rushing could step into the Reds’ lineup right now as a potential star outfielder. He has the potential to be a huge bat once he gets the chance to play every day. Eduardo Quintero is a young outfield prospect with a lot of potential. Justin Wrobleski isn’t nearly the pitching prospect that Abbott is, but he could step into Abbott’s place in Cincinnati until Lowder is ready to return. This deal would work for both sides. The Dodgers need to add a pitcher, and the Reds have a controllable guy to part ways with.
Chicago Cubs vs. Los Angeles Dodgers preview, Tuesday 4/22, 6:40 CT..
The Cubs face the Dodgers for the final time in the 2025 regular season.
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Tuesday notes…
RUN-SCORING UPDATE: The Cubs have scored 145 runs, an impressive average of 6.04 per game. However, 47 of the runs, nearly one third, came in only three games, and 77, more than half, came in just six. In the remaining 18 games, they have averaged just 3.78, and in seven of the 18, they scored no more than two runs. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
SHŌTA UPDATE: Shōta Imanaga is one of 69 pitchers whose first 34 career MLB starts came as a Cub since 1912, the first season in which earned runs were an official statistic. Imanaga allowed no more than three earned runs 30 times, most among the group. Rich Nye did it 29 times. Five others did it 28 (Javier Assad, Mike Krukow, George Pierce, Rick Reuschel and Justin Steele) and three did it 27 (Burt Hooton, Mark Prior and Lon Warneke). The average of all 68 other than Imanaga is 24 times. Imanaga allowed no earned runs in 11 of his starts. Reuschel and Steele had nine such starts; Assad and Pierce, eight. The average of the 68 others is four. Bob Anderson, Sheriff Blake and Bob Osborn gave up at least one earned run in all 34 of their starts. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53).
STARTING PITCHING UPDATE: Cubs starting pitchers have posted a 2.86 ERA (35 earned runs in 110 innings) in 20 games since March 29.
NICO UPDATE: Nico Hoerner, last six games since April 14: .333/.360/.458 (8-for-23), a double, a triple.
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