3:33pm: Southpaw Tony Cingrani is heading to St. Louis, likely for salary relief (as he’s out for the year), along with righty Jeffry Abreu. The Dodgers also obtain international spending capacity and cash considerations in unannounced amounts.
2:15pm: The Dodgers have struck a deal to add infielder Jedd Gyorko from the Cardinals, according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic (via Twitter). The return isn’t yet known.
Gyorko, 30, is playing on a $13MM salary this year ($5MM of which is still property of the Padres) and comes with a $13MM option ($1MM buyout) for next season. It’s not clear whether the Dodgers will be stepping into the full obligation.
Though he’s currently on the injured list, Gyorko is expected back in relatively short order. He’s on the 60-day injured list at present, which means the Dodgers don’t have to open a 40-man roster spot for him.
The Dodgers certainly have a wide array of players that fit Gyorko’s general description as a multi-positional player with a nice track record at the plate. But several of those players are currently dealing with injury issues, so the L.A. brass obviously decided to snag another.
Gyorko will be looking for a bounce back when he arrives with his new team. He hasn’t seen much action this year but has struggled when he has been available. But he was a consistent hitter over the prior three seasons in St. Louis, carrying a cumulative .259/.331/.463 batting line with 61 total long balls.
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I am wondering what the Cardinals will do in this trade deadline. Hopefully, we can acquire a good prospect for Gyorko.
That is hilarious. Typical cardinal fan comment.
Typical clepto comment
Who is more annoying, clepto, chisoxcity, or myself?
It’s a tough decision…..
Not for me!
Definitely Clepto…Clepto brings nothing to the conversation…he just acts like an internet tough guy…plus he is a bit weird…he was stalking me until I called him out…he still mentions me every once in awhile just not as often.
Hey, I want in on this!
This was basically a fücking salary dump by Mo, assuming the Dodgers are taking most of Gyorko’s salary, says this Cards fan. I’m not typical, Clepto, and neither is Francy.
Instead, we get a “sore-armed” Cingrani who hasn’t been good, except a brief stretch in 2017, for half a decade, and who will be a FA himself, and a high-rookie ball prospect who probably never will wear an MLB uniform.
Nice.
I’m just wondering why they need a stiff like Gyorko? Makes no sense.
Hey “Saint” Nick, it’s explained in the piece. Derp.
My fuller take here: https://socraticgadfly.blogspot.com/2019/07/so-mo-makes-trade-deadline-move-for.html
I can read. I can also think for myself. The Dodgers have one of the DEEPEST teams in baseball. They don’t need Gyorko. He’s there for nothing else other than to possibly fill in if someone gets injured. So once again, this made no sense. Dodgers needed bullpen help. Jansen is vulnerable.
Mozeliak will be Mozeliak at the trade deadline. A lot of talk and no do. With plenty of excuses immediately afterwards. Many more excuses from now until the free agent season begins. Same Song—-5th verse.
You’ll be lucky to acquire a Gatorade cup full of tobacco spit.
Gyorko won’t bring over a prospect of any significance.
Probably a lottery ticket, maybe 2. I like Jedd, but he comes with warts. Injuries the biggest wart of all.
Not going to get much for Jedd. Two years ago was the time to trade him.
Mozeliak is always a day late and a dollar short. I grew tired of trying to defend Mozeliak’s logic when it comes to upgrading the Cardinals last year. He’s not going to done anything dramatic to improve this team this year. That’s grown to be his thoughts at trade deadlines.
Can you blame Mo? I’m a Cubs fan and there isn’t a trade that either team (throw Crew in there too) can make to truly make them a WS contender. The Central is playing for the Central and
then grabbing a seat on the couch to watch the big boys play.
ChiWin is correct.
When the Yankees offered Gleybar Torres a couple of years ago for Gyorko, they should have taken it.
Yeah, it’s easy to just scream at the sky, but what was there? The Cubs got a guy that can hit but gives up about as many runs in the field, but nobody was really available this time around. We (the Cards) didn’t need middling bullpen arms and we didn’t need corner outfielders. Well, not exactly a good deadline for that. This is when you just have to trust your system, look at Ozuna as a deadline acquisition, and move on.
When did the Yankees offer Torres to Cards???
Never…
Is this Mo’s alt? That “Player X coming back from the DL is our trade” at the deadline comes at us every year.
Not necessarily correct as the playoffs are often a crapshoot
But he’s never late for the sales at Eddie Bauer.
Not just trades.
See, there’s this pitcher named Dallas Keuchel who, while not fantastic, is better than Waino, Wacha, and most the other cråp the Cards have rolled out on the mound.
It’s going to be Gavin Lux right?
why?
Salary relief
Also, he was superfluous.
No where to play. Munoz has outplayed him so he didn’t have a roster spot.
As well as Edman.
It will be a disaster when Carpenter comes back. Munoz and Edmon have sparked this current team. When Carpenter comes back, Mozeliak will tell Shildt to play him. When Ozuna comes back, they have got to have his bat!! Then the Spark plugs that got the Cards to first place, will have to sit. Carpenter was once that Spark Plug!! He’s had too many lifetime injuries since he was an All-Star 10 years ago. He needs to retire Gracefully and continue to be a past Cardinal icon.
Let’s hope the return is nothing
Bye bye Tyler White
No way
Why?
#VOMIT!
I don’t expect much back in return though.
Gyorko for a bucket of gum and an open bag of ranch sunflower seeds
BBQ or STL hangs up the phone.
Nah. BBQ loses flavor quicker
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
40oz bud light lime or orange Buyers choice.
That’s a girls drink.
And you wouldn’t want any of them around.
The point was it’s a disgusting drink. And also a joke. I figured you’d get that
that would still be more than he was worth
He’s good when healthy and getting playing time.
i wonder if this was to block the giants, IF depth didn’t seem like a big need going into the deadline
They traded for Dubon before this though.
Dodgers love their fat bodied platoon bats
Fat bottomed subs they make the rockin’ world go ‘round!
Why?
But, for real… why?
Excellent defender, with pop!
That’s funny
OK Mr. Stat, only Arenado rated higher in defensive metrics at third base.
That’s great. He’s played a total of 269 games at 3B. Problem is his bat fits at 2B, not 3B. And at 2B, he’s not good. Therefore, he’s always going to be a part time starter, which he might not even get to do in LA.
Passed on the depth chart by Edman and Munoz.
Huh? Hoping this isn’t an indication that Freese is out for the rest of the year.
But…But…But
What the hell, why? Hope it’s just cash considerations. Wouldn’t give up prospects for a bench player…
Wow probably the only trade that Mo will make.
Girsch is the GM
Stupid, naive response that gets lamer by the day.
Cards acquire 7 and 5 ERA waiver reject relievers from non-contenders around the deadline and you think Girsch is in charge. Lmao.
Can you imagine Mo on the phone this entire day just trying to find a place for Gyorko lmao we have 40 min to find a pitcher
Wouldn’t it be hilarious if they received Bellinger?
Would it be hilarious if you weren’t so inept ?
It’s a joke man, you got issues lol
Hopefully that clears his remaining $4 million off of the payroll so that the Cardinals can do absolutely nothing with the savings.
the splash us Dodger faithful have been waiting for
“Splash”
Have the Dodgers DFA’d any lefties lately?
He’s on the 60 day DL not expected back until September
No he comes off of the 60 day in a few days.
UFO1818 he is is ready to start his rehab assignment and able to come off the 60 day IL in a week. So nah won’t be September
Solid move for the Platoons. Now Dodgers can sit Muncy & Bellinger against tough lefthanders in the Fall Classic.
Sit Bellinger? Lol
outside of this season, gyorko has been a really valuable bench player for the cardinals. i will miss him and think by the end of the season he could have been starting for the cardinals at 3rd.
The one weakness the Dodgers have in their lineup is matching up against lefties. Gyorko is a good bat against lefties. If they match up with the Cubs again in the NLCS, this will help against their 3 lefty starters. I doubt they gave up much for him. Nice depth deal.
Cubs? NLCS? Yea right!!
Garbage
Assuming the return is minimal… this isn’t a bad low risk trade for the Dodgers. If he comes back healthy and productive then they get a solid bat-first RH option to mix and match and utilize as a pinch hitter. If not, no harm no foul!
He hasn’t played since June 7 and is on the 60 day IL so he doesn’t need a spot on the 40 man roster. This must be a salary dump somewhere.
LA’s Brian Dozier pt.2
And like clock work there is that vet bat they always acquire. This year with the injuries to Kikè and Taylor it was clearly going to be an inf. We finally don’t have to see Muncy at 3rd.
Dodgers have Rios who can play third. This was a pointless trade when you have players in the minors that can do this.
The problem is he really can’t play 3rd at the big league level neither can Beaty.
This is extremely wrong. He was second only to Arenado in defensive efficiency in 2017.
I mean Gyorko can definitely play it. He’s already there best to give Turner a day off. Rios and Beaty on the other hand can play it
at the big league level.
So can David Freese if needed.
With the nagging injuries and age the Dodgers value his bat more than the potential of him playing 3rd. Freese’s days of playing 3rd are behind him.
Gyorko has no injuries? And no bat. Once again, just a move that screams, Huh?
He played 3 a couple weeks ago if I’m not mistaken.
Sure he played it twice at the end of June/July, but much like Pederson he won’t be playing it when games actually matter. You can play a guy here and there, but it doesn’t mean he can actually play it. He’s a 1b only there’s never been any debate about it.
If they play Gyorko at 3B in ANY important game, then it’s not going to end well.
He wasnt taking up space. He was on the 60 day IL
But he was coming off the 60 day next week. So he would be taking up space and with no August trades now he would of got DFA’d or Munoz/Edman would be sent down
Dodgers still can’t beat the Giants in a playoff series. Kershaw the choke artists. He’s no Bumgarner.
Good thing the Giants won’t be in the playoffs, then.
How do you know? Odds for Giants making the post are better than LA winning the WS. Check the Vegas line. Giants are a long shot, and as a Giants fan who has celebrated 3 WS titles since 2010, I’m okay with that. I see a bright future with Zaidi at the helm. Meanwhile the clock is ticking in LA. Kershaw isnt what he used to be, Kenley is barely above league average for a closer…. Bellinger is great, and will be for the foreseeable future, so you can lean on his personal accomplishments as you used to with Kersh.
Odds for Dodgers winning WS are 3:1 to 4:1, held steady throughout the year. Giants have jumped a bit recently but odd to make postseason (Wild Card) are listed roughly at 8:1 or worse.
Boy, lucky for us the Giants won’t make the playoffs. So right about Kershaw and Bumgarner. Kershaw will be a Hall of Famer and Bumgarner will … well, be an angry old man.
I just read that the prospect going back is some little 2b guy named Gavin Lux, but the Cards are paying Gyorko’s entire salary.
I had heard that Kershaw was going to the Cards, but the sticking point was how much of K’s salary the Dodgers were willing to eat…
Why? Can he pitch in relief and not give back all of the runs the Dodgers just scored in the previous inning?
I was obviously kidding about Lux, but I wish the Giants would have sold off their relievers. The Cards needed Smith or Watson, and on top of that the prices likely got to high for Mo on the ones that were available.
Really ? I hope they have good perspective on this one
Can Jedd setup or close? If not I’d be very nervous if I were an LA fan with that bullpen of theirs.
But can he pitch?
This is it??? A fat guy on 60 day IL??
I hear a lot about how the 1st place teams didn’t chase anyone. I’m sure our Boo Birds will chime in soon. But we heard the asking price for Ray from the Diamondbacks: Frazier plus 3 prospects. Vasquez from Pittsburgh: Gavin Lux probably plus others. Bumgarner, Smith, Syndergaard, all basically pulled off the market. There were few rentals, and the non-rentals were insanely high priced. This just seems like there was nothing available.
Redbirds should’ve tried to get Greinke in the offseason and again now, but to be fair they certainly had extensive talks with Arizona around the Goldy deal and maybe talks about Greinke were a part of that. I don’t know if Greinke would’ve OK’d a deal to St. Louis. For all I know they had something set up and he nixed it.
If the only reason they didn’t get Greinke was money, it’s unforgivable. But who knows if that’s the case. Other than that I agree – I don’t know that anyone else was moved that the Cards “missed” on. Other than maybe Stroman, who the whole league missed on.
The Cardinals were on his no trade list. Very seriously doubt that he would have OK’d a trade there, which is why he probably flew under the radar this time around. And, don’t forget that while the Cardinals have a decent system, they do not have the depth they used to, in part due to flame outs and in larger part due to graduation.
Shortsighted people think movement for movement’s sake is progress. It isn’t. Sometimes the best move is the one you don’t make. Or in this case, can’t make.
I’m pretty sure I recall reading that Greinke publicly stated that he would never play for the Cardinals. I don’t think he likes them very much after his time in Milwaukee.
I don’t remember that but I know he was happy in Arizona and wasn’t all that interested in going to STL (don’t know about hating them).
STL was on Greinke’s list of teams on his NTC
Dear LA, just give us some international spending money and some low ball lottery ticket please. Signed, cardinals fan.
Tony Cingrani and Jeffrey abreu. Cards sent international money and cash with Gyorko
Great job Friedman. Without a pen, LA wins weak division, but once again will lose in the playoffs. Take a lesson from Astros.’ GM.
Friedman is pathetic. Couldn’t even acquire one ok reliever?
Sigh…fingers crossed that the Dodgers did something to get better. Gyorko hitting a solid .196 AND still on the IR. Impressive move guys. And the new pitcher…Kolarek?? Dodgers continue to hold on to up-and-coming players while wasting the success of the current players. The FO will feed us the line that “we believe we’re good enough to win now with what we have” Their hindsight isn’t very good or they have severe short-term memory issues.
You’re the best team in baseball with a 161 run differential. 15 games ahead of SF.
Imagine being in a tight 3+ team division race and realizing your biggest moves were claiming a couple rejects from a non-contender with ERA’s of 7+ and 5+ and a couple more rejects to follow. One of which is hurt.
edit: the one cat is a struggling 19 year old. i’d think he’d have some upside.. guessing he’s a flamethrower. Mo likes them.
Cards landed on Cingrani for LHP support. Talk about a statement.
Someone tell Moz he’s injured until 2020.
Gyorko is Andy Friedman’s middle name.
This trade explained.
I can’t believe this. Spoonfed this buying at the trade deadline bull and all they do is trade an injured player for another injured player and a no name minor leaguer. This is absolutely ridiculous. And all the Cubs did was add a couple decent bats, one really good, and a reliever with shutdown history. Actions speak louder then words, and the front office of the Cardinals kept saying 2019 mattered, blah, blah, blah. And then they do this to the fans. Absolutely ridiculous.
I’d like to place a missing persons report for Mike Girsch.
Anybody see him lately?
I saw Girsch laying on the shoulder of I-44 near Six Flags. Tried to cross the highway. He saw headlights and froze.
He wasn’t playing so who cares. The real issue is why was Carpenter not traded off a year or two ago and why extend him. I didn’t hate the extension but think they should quit worrying about the fans or whatever makes them make stupid moves and do what’s best for the team over several years.
Unfortunately…We were right!!! This was the BIG MOZELIAK MOVE of the Trading Deadlines.
Just was Listening to MLB Radio. The Host are former Professional Baseball General Managers. The Host were hammering the Cardinals ( John Mozeliak), for doing absolutely nothing at the trading deadline to help their club. Their basis was that since the injury to Matt Carpenter, a better offense and defensive club has evolved which has vaulted the Cards into 1st Place in the NL Central. They stated that it may be good that they stood pat. Reasoning was the Cardinals haven’t been able to actually evaluate their own players by the observation of who they have traded away for basically nothing with the exception of reliever Gallego. They listed ….Voit, Pham, Piscoty, Mercado, Grichuk, & Big City etc. All of these players have become impact players with other teams and could easily been the Cardinals starting outfield and first basemen, for far less money spent, Had it not been for John Mozeliak evaluations. The Host stated Mozeliak over valued his prospects. Even though Ozuna has worked out well for the Cardinals, Mozeliak could have had Yelich for the prospects Miami wanted. Also, the Host pointed the Brett Cecil, Gregerson, Holland, Leake, and other acquisitions Mozeliak has made for big money and extended years. Bottom line —— their current opinion of John Mozeliak as a president of the Cardinals baseball operations has become very questionable.