The Dodgers have struck a deal to accumulate pitcher Alexis Diaz, the youthful brother of Mets nearer Edwin Diaz, from the Reds, The Put up’s Jon Heyman and Joel Sherman reported.
The commerce sends Los Angeles’ 2024 draft decide, Mike Villani, to Cincinnati in return as a part of the deal.
The deal ends Diaz’s time with the Reds after a tumultuous begin to the 12 months wherein he was optioned to Triple-A Louisville and recorded a 4.61 ERA in 14 video games within the minors this season.
The plan is now for Diaz to report back to the Dodgers’ Triple-A affiliate in Oklahoma Metropolis following the commerce, in response to The Athletic.
Diaz had been on the Reds’ injured checklist to begin the 2025 season as a consequence of a left hamstring pressure and ultimately returned to look in six video games, however struggled immensely, giving up eight earned runs in six innings of labor.
He solely struck out three batters throughout that stretch and walked 5 earlier than the Reds despatched him all the way down to Triple-A on Might 1.
Consistency has been an issue within the minors nonetheless, regardless of displaying flashes of what made him an All-Star in 2023.
Diaz struck out a career-best 86 batters in 67 1/3 innings pitched in 2023 whereas recording a 3.07 ERA.
He nonetheless recorded strong numbers in 2024 when he had a 3.99 ERA in 56 1/3 innings pitched for the Reds earlier than issues took a flip in 2025.
Villani was taken with a Thirteenth-round decide by the Dodgers out of Lengthy Seaside State throughout final 12 months’s draft and made his professional debut this season, throwing two innings within the Arizona Complicated League, the place he struck out 5 batters.
He’s presently on the seven-day injured checklist.
