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Dodgers Have Shown Interest In Joe Kelly

By Anthony Franco | July 26, 2023 at 9:39pm CDT

The Dodgers are among the clubs to express interest in White Sox reliever Joe Kelly, reports Robert Murray of FanSided. Unsurprisingly, Murray notes that multiple teams are in the market for the hard-throwing righty.

Kelly is one of the likeliest players to change teams within the next five-plus days. The Sox are a clear seller and will move a few impending free agents by August 1. Kelly isn’t technically a rental, as the Sox hold a $9.5MM option on his services. They’re trending towards a $1MM buyout, though, so a trade to recoup some future value seems almost inevitable.

At first glance, the 35-year-old might not seem an especially appealing trade candidate. He’s sitting on a 4.66 ERA over 30 appearances and has allowed 5.45 earned runs per nine over parts of two seasons in Chicago. There’s a fair bit of intrigue in this year’s underlying marks, though.

Kelly has struck out nearly a third of opposing hitters, while he’s inducing grounders on a massive 56.2% of batted balls. An abnormally low 57.9% left on base rate has propped up his earned run totals, but few pitchers match that combination of punchouts and grounders. While his control has been erratic throughout his career, this season’s 9.4% walk percentage is manageable. An injured list stint earlier in the month for elbow inflammation temporarily threatened his trade candidacy but he was reinstated over the weekend.

As a likely impending free agent reliever, Kelly isn’t going to bring back a franchise-altering return. Yet the Sox shouldn’t have trouble finding a trade partner, offloading some of the $9MM he’s making (around $3.24MM of which is yet to be paid out, not including the option buyout) while bringing back controllable talent.

Kelly is no stranger to the Dodgers, of course. He pitched with L.A. from 2019-21, winning the World Series in the second of those years. The 12-year veteran posted a 3.59 ERA over 105 1/3 regular season innings in Dodger blue and appeared in all three of their postseason runs during that stretch.

The Dodger bullpen ranks 18th in the majors with a 4.13 ERA entering play Wednesday. They’re 11th in strikeout percentage (24.4%) and ground-ball rate (44.7%). Los Angeles is also known to be targeting starting pitching, and they’re one of the teams reportedly in talks with the Sox regarding right-handers Lance Lynn and Lucas Giolito. There’s nothing to suggest L.A. is the perceived favorite on any of Kelly, Lynn or Giolito, but it stands to reason the clubs have had at least some dialogue about a potential package deal.

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Comments

  1. THEY LIVE!!!

    2 months ago

    Joe Kelly… ZZZzzz

    1
    Reply
  2. fre5hwind

    2 months ago

    Imagine if him and Carlos face AGAIN….

    1
    Reply
    • benhen77

      2 months ago

      They already have… Same division. July 4 2022. Correa walked.

      Reply
      • fre5hwind

        2 months ago

        I mean again again…

        4
        Reply
  3. Judgement Day

    2 months ago

    Dodgers wanna rebuild 2020. Unfortunately, I don’t think it’s going to work the same way this time around.

    1
    Reply
    • cobby

      2 months ago

      No they’re not. Just stop.

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      Reply
      • avenger65

        2 months ago

        Hernandez, Kelly…

        Reply
      • Judgement Day

        2 months ago

        Not sure why they wanted Hernandez back then. They gave us free pitching for an aging mediocre bat.

        Reply
  4. Benklasner

    2 months ago

    Not gonna happen but I hope the Cards can bring him home. One of my favorite dudes.

    1
    Reply
  5. THEY LIVE!!!

    2 months ago

    Kelly is the guy you need to throw a pitch into the ribs of your opponent.

    8
    Reply
  6. Ignorant Son-of-a-b

    2 months ago

    Dodgers want to get the old band back together … might as well bring back Justin Turner while they’re at it to play bass.

    4
    Reply
    • luckyh

      2 months ago

      I was not big on JT, but am a fan now. Love his energy. He also brought Christmas in July to the children’s hospital this week, and had the biggest smile of the bunch. Great guy!

      8
      Reply
      • semut

        2 months ago

        Seriously, one of the best guys in pro sports

        Reply
    • mgomrjsurf

      2 months ago

      Jansen to.

      2
      Reply
      • avenger65

        2 months ago

        Jansen, Hernandez, Kelly…If they get Verdugo back the Red Sox will, in effect, have lost Betts for absolutely nothing.

        2
        Reply
    • kyredsox17

      2 months ago

      Too bad neither will be moved.

      1
      Reply
    • backstage1

      2 months ago

      Dodger Turner Overdrive?

      Reply
  7. IronBallsMcGinty

    2 months ago

    Might change their mind after the inning he just had against the Cubs.

    1
    Reply
    • cwsOverhaul

      2 months ago

      Yeah. Ditto those watching Lynn tonight and when Twins teed off on him last Friday.

      2
      Reply
  8. DarrenDreifortsContract

    2 months ago

    Because it worked out so well the first time lol. Friedman chooses the weirdest hills to die on.

    Reply
    • mlb fan

      2 months ago

      “Wierdest hills to die on”..
      And routinely churns out 100 win seasons. What has your team’s GM done?

      1
      Reply
      • avenger65

        2 months ago

        It is amazing how consistent the Dodgers have been. They’re leading a very tough division without adding anyone of significance this off-season.

        1
        Reply
      • DarrenDreifortsContract

        2 months ago

        I’m a Dodgers fan and have never liked Friedman’s approach. He wants to win a world series while keeping the farm system intact. Which is why all we have to show for is it a meaningless COVID ring.

        Your either all in or all out when it comes to winning.

        Reply
        • iverbure

          2 months ago

          Ummm no. Baseball playoffs are a complete crapshoot. Get there enough times and you’ll eventually win.

          The nerds have done the research and I had it before but I can’t find the exact numbers but it’s something extreme like any team with a .600 winning % adding a 4 war player increases their chances against another.600 winning % club (which is like all playoff clubs well used to be) by like 0.05% in a short series. It wasn’t even 1% that I know i remember.

          To sum it up those playoff teams are already really good, adding another allstar doesn’t really move the needle. Improvements come from around the fringes of your roster pen arm, platoon bat who hits lefties well, guy who can steal a base etc.

          This is how most of the Ivy League gms think and it’s correct. It’s not debatable they’re gms and you’re not for a reason.

          Reply
        • fivepoundbass

          2 months ago

          I did not know that Ricky Bobby is on MLBTR

          Reply
        • BlueSkies_LA

          2 months ago

          I was always puzzled by Friedman giving Kelly such a big contract (or signing him at all really) given his erratic production, but I guess he isn’t the only one to see more in Kelly than meets the eye.

          Reply
        • semut

          2 months ago

          No, unlike the “all-in win now” approach, his gives you a chance of winning while fielding a good team every single year. “Win-now” gm’s empty the farm and after a 2-3 year window you rebuild for what feels like forever.

          Since Friendman has been in LA the dodgers have never won fewer than 91 games and have made the playoffs every year. As a fan I’ll take that over one ring and half a decade of loser irrelevance. What fun is it watching that garbage for 162 games a year?

          Reply
  9. abcrazy4dodgers

    2 months ago

    Hey guise, we’re getting the band back together for a nostalgia tour!

    Reply
    • semut

      2 months ago

      Ethier is on line 1

      Reply
  10. Bosin Rag

    2 months ago

    “I wish I knew how to quit you”

    3
    Reply
  11. the old ranger

    2 months ago

    Good lord. If there is a psycho reliever it’s Joe Kelley. Why is Friedman so desperate? I heard that Ryan Tepera was let go by the Cards.

    Reply
  12. benhen77

    2 months ago

    Getting the band back together!

    1
    Reply
    • Ully

      2 months ago

      The Band!

      1
      Reply
      • paddyo875

        2 months ago

        And, and, and you put the load right on me

        2
        Reply
  13. Wren

    2 months ago

    if its just about money why not? so tired of the bick.

    1
    Reply
  14. CubsWin108

    2 months ago

    after his performance tonight he should get dfa’d lmao

    1
    Reply
  15. mlb fan

    2 months ago

    “Why is Friedman so desperate”?..
    You are not watching many Dodger games this year are you?..The Dodger pitching, bullpen & starters, has been atrocious and never met a big lead they could not flush away.

    Reply
  16. differentbears

    2 months ago

    We’re getting the band back together!

    Reply
    • LATrolleyDodger

      2 months ago

      It’s a band I don’t want to see ;(

      1
      Reply
  17. IronBallsMcGinty

    2 months ago

    The Sox should have a promo night where they give fans paper bags with eye holes cut out to wear on their heads.

    Reply
    • avenger65

      2 months ago

      We’re already wearing the bags but there aren’t any holes in them.

      1
      Reply
    • halloffamernobodycares

      2 months ago

      Trade Vaughn while he still can hit a little for a pack of prospects. Hitting is literally his only tool and his exit velo isn’t anything to look at. Too soon?

      3
      Reply
  18. MafiaBass

    2 months ago

    Bring the fight club back to Beantown

    Reply
  19. Datashark

    2 months ago

    Bring the band back together just need 3 redsox Turner, Verdugo, and Jansen and look to swap with Giants for Wood, Alexander, and Stripling too.

    Reply
    • differentbears

      2 months ago

      And Dylan Floro.

      Reply
  20. BlueSkies_LA

    2 months ago

    Thanks but no thanks. So many other better options.

    Reply
  21. gray

    2 months ago

    Joe Kelly and his attitude are perfect for the Dodgers.

    Reply
  22. Motor City Beach Bum

    2 months ago

    Giolito and Reynaldo Lopez are off the market. Better call Scott Harris’ bulk barn discount pitching and grab a good starter (Erod or Lorenzen) and reliever in a package while supplies last. Except there are no discounts! Giolito and Lopez cost two solid prospects so get ready to ship out some of that prospect capital.

    Reply
  23. nottinghamforest13

    2 months ago

    He’s a competitor.

    Reply
  24. bravesfan

    2 months ago

    White sox about to clean house on all their pitching

    Reply
  25. kingsfan1968

    2 months ago

    Pass. Always injured!

    Reply
  26. semut

    2 months ago

    Robert Murray of FanSided should also point out that the Dodgers – like every single buying team – have inquired about every single rental-type player available. They didn’t express any more interest in Kelly than any of the other pitcher they checked in on. What a clickbait-y headline

    Reply
  27. JosephK

    2 months ago

    Again?

    Reply

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