Alright, we’re again with low season information posts — or a minimum of transaction stuff — that are normally surprisingly lively as a result of Dodgers being the Dodgers.
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The largest transaction information is the Dodgers buying and selling pitcher Robinson Ortiz (on the 40-man) to the Mariners for pitcher Tyler Gough (not on the 40-man).
The Dodgers acquired minor league RHP Tyler Gough through a commerce from the Seattle Mariners in trade for RHP Robinson Ortiz.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) November 17, 2025
The Dodgers lately added Ortiz to the 40-man roster, which is what this commerce was most probably about. It clears a 40-man roster spot that leaves the Dodgers at 38, because the deadline for shielding gamers from the Rule 5 Draft can be tomorrow at 1 PM PT.
The lefty Ortiz is headed for his age-26 season, coming off a 2025 wherein he posted a 2.73 ERA/3.90 FIP over 59.1 innings with a 28.3 Ok% and a 13.0 BB%, making it so far as AAA final 12 months. Ortiz has struggled with accidents, pitching solely 22.2 innings from 2020-2024, however his well being lastly cooperated and he looks as if a strong lefty aid addition for a staff missing a ton of lefty aid choices — in comparison with the Dodgers, who appear to have nothing however lefties now. He was not ranked on most prospect lists inside the Dodgers system.
In return is the righty starter Gough, a ninth-round decide in 2022, who notably isn’t beneath 40-man strain. In 2024, he put up a 4.28 ERA/4.02 FIP in 96.2 innings with a 23.9 Ok% and 11.5 BB%. He was the #25 prospect for MLB Pipeline and #17 for FanGraphs within the Mariners system.
Gough can construct off of his good points in ’24, when he confirmed a authentic (although removed from eye-popping) four-pitch combine. His low-90s fastball performs up a little bit with good trip up within the zone and induced vertical break. Of all his secondary choices, his changeup most likely has the perfect probability to be an out pitch and it’s forward of his breaking stuff. He has a conventional slider and curve, however now leans on the fashionable sweeper.
Gough’s stroll fee has been excessive in his two years of pitching, although he had improved that in that robust April-June stretch in 2024. He repeats his supply properly and there was confidence his command would proceed to enhance. The Mariners have been getting calls from different groups about him when the elbow difficulty occurred, so they’ll eagerly look forward to his return to the mound.
Gough is bodily mature for his age (although he arguably has some reverse projection; it’ll be attention-grabbing to see if he has re-conditioned his physique popping out of TJ rehab) and has uncooked really feel for launch, leading to a good variety of walks and appreciable long-term aid danger. However his stuff is nice, and he has the repertoire to be developed as a starter to see if his management improves. Gough’s fastball has huge using life, his changeup has plus sinking motion, and his slider flashes huge two-planed size. The slider is the least constant of his choices proper now as a result of it will get smashed when it isn’t positioned. His finest ones by way of uncooked motion reside approach off the plate to his glove aspect, and Gough could be a candidate for stride path change (suppose Michael King‘s supply) as a option to optimize his slider’s playability. That would conceivably be re-worked throughout his rehab. Gough’s 40-man platform 12 months will coincide together with his 2026 return, and it’s believable he’ll be fast-tracked in aid.
The catch? He had Tommy John surgical procedure in September of 2024 and missed all of 2025, although it’s assumed he ought to return early in 2026.
▶️ No. 30 prospect RHP Tyler Gough stays an attention-grabbing undertaking on the mound.
? 92-93 principally, reaches again for 4s and the uncommon 5 and a few carry, an bettering breaker, & a changeup flashing 60 he instructions properly.
? Was the membership’s Ninth-round decide in 2022 — not 21 till August. pic.twitter.com/c78WzyD1l8
— Jason A. Churchill (@ProspectInsider) Might 19, 2024
The commerce is sensible. It’s a youthful participant with larger upside that’s nonetheless ranging from a task they’ve a ton of depth in in the intervening time. Most significantly, it clears a 40-man roster slot to allow them to shield one other participant.
I went again to look and surprisingly I used to be apparently not a kind of who thought Dreyer was gonna get axed shortly when he obtained added to the 40-man. Anyway, level is, you by no means know who’s gonna stick. Rule 5 deadline developing.
— Chad Moriyama (@chadmoriyama.bsky.social) November 17, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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In suddenly-old-friend information, Ben Rortvedt was claimed by the Reds, however not earlier than the Dodgers gave him $1.25 million in an effort to maintain him. Tony Gonsolin is a free agent as he recovers from arm surgical procedure.
Catcher Ben Rortvedt was claimed by the Cincinnati Reds and RHP Tony Gonsolin was outrighted and chosen free company.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) November 12, 2025
C Ben Rortvedt signed a $1.25 million huge league cope with the Dodgers earlier than being placed on waivers, per supply. He was arbitration eligible.
Rortvedt was claimed off waivers yesterday by the Reds.
— Kiley McDaniel (@kileymcd) November 13, 2025
That absolutely makes Dalton Dashing‘s job safety so much higher.
In the meantime, Justin Dean is now a member of the Giants after being claimed by them. He’ll all the time have the caught ball.
The Giants claimed lefty Reiver Sanmartin from the Reds and outfielder Justin Dean from the Dodgers. Mason Black was DFA’d to open a roster spot.
— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) November 6, 2025
Moreover, Matt Sauer signed with the KT Wiz within the KBO for $950k. Good for him, and it’s principally hilarious how individuals acted just like the Dodgers have been ruining him by making him eat innings final 12 months. Man was most probably not an MLB pitcher however obtained a bunch of service time and wage for doing that, in addition to auditioning for different groups/leagues. Glad it labored out.
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