The Los Angeles Dodgers have acquired former All-Star nearer Alexis Diaz from the Cincinnati Reds, it was introduced Thursday.
In alternate, the Dodgers are sending minor league reliever Mike Villani, their Thirteenth-round decide final summer season, to the Reds.
Diaz, the youthful brother of New York Mets nearer Edwin Diaz, burst onto the scene in 2022 and 2023, posting a 2.47 ERA whereas amassing 47 saves and putting out 169 batters in 131 innings. His numbers tailed off in 2024, along with his ERA rising to three.99 and his strikeout charge dropping by practically 10 proportion factors.
Diaz started this season by permitting eight runs in six innings, throughout which he struck out solely three batters. His common fastball velocity dropped for the fourth straight 12 months, from 95.7 mph all the way in which all the way down to 93 mph.
After being optioned to Triple-A on Might 1, Diaz’s numbers have not been a lot better. In 14 appearances with the Louisville Bats, Diaz, 28, has posted a 4.61 ERA with 12 walks in 13 2/3 innings.
The Dodgers plan to initially ship Diaz to their spring coaching facility in Glendale, Arizona, to attempt to get him proper.
The hope is that he’ll ultimately reinforce a needy group, because the Dodgers presently have 5 high-leverage relievers on the injured checklist — Brusdar Graterol, Michael Kopech, Evan Phillips, Blake Treinen and Kirby Yates.
Edgardo Henriquez, who can throw his fastball within the triple digits, and Michael Grove, who has appeared in 64 video games over the past three years, are additionally harm.
All seven of them are right-handed, like Diaz. In the intervening time, the one right-handed reliever the Dodgers belief to carry leads appears to be Ben Casparius.
