PETERSBURG, ST. — The Rays and Dodgers have agreed to a trade for pitcher Ryan Peppiott and outfielder Johnny DeLuca in exchange for Tyler Glasnow, Manuel Margot and cash, but Glasnow has been traded to Los Angeles for pitcher Ryan Pepiott and outfielder Johnny DeLuca. We are considering extending the period.
According to multiple media reports, an agreement is expected to be reached on the extension, which would allow the deal to be completed and finalized as early as Friday. The Dodgers signed Glasnow to a contract extension that would earn him $25 million in 2024, otherwise he would become a free agent.
By trading Glasnow and Margot, the Rays would save about $33 million overall. They will send $4 million to the Dodgers to offset part of the $12 million they have to pay Margot, who has a $10 million salary in 2024, and part of the $2 million buyout with a $12 million option in 2025. I plan to.
Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman was doing a live interview with MLB Network at Dodger Stadium on Thursday night after Shohei Ohtani’s induction press conference when news of Glasnow’s contract extension being put on hold broke.
“Nothing is done yet,” Friedman said. “Unfortunately I can’t explain more than that. Nothing is finished yet. But if you guys want to come back another time, we can dig deeper.”
Rays officials have not commented.
By acquiring Pepiott and DeLuca, the Rays are adding young, inexpensive players who they hope will develop into key performers and be able to control them for quite some time.
Pepiott, 26, was scheduled to debut in 2022 and join the Dodgers’ rotation in 2023, but he left spring training with an oblique abdominal strain and did not return to the majors until mid-August, when he was 2-1. . 2.14 in 8 games.
The 6-foot-3 right-hander has a 94-98 mph fastball, improved slider and changeup that are considered elite by some evaluators. He was ranked as the Dodgers’ No. 5 prospect in 2022 and 2023 by Baseball America.
DeLuca, 25, moved from Double-A to Triple-A in 2023 and totaled 19 home runs and 59 homers in 97 games with three stops. He is a right-handed hitter with enough speed and athleticism to play all three outfield positions, has a plus arm, and is ranked the Dodgers’ No. 17 prospect by Baseball America in 2023. Ranked.
Pepiott won’t be eligible for free agency until 2029, and DeLuca won’t be eligible for free agency until 2030.
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Glasnow started 21 games for the Rays last season, going 10-7 with a 3.53 record and 162 strikeouts in 120 innings. After returning in late September 2022 from Tommy John surgery in August 2021, he missed his first two months due to an oblique muscle strain sustained during spring training.
Injuries and inconsistency have been issues for Glasnow throughout his career. He has a 30-27-3.89 record in parts of eight seasons with Tampa Bay and Pittsburgh. His 120 innings and 21 starts last season were his most in the majors.
The Rays acquired him in one of their best trades, sending two-time All-Star starter Chris Archer to the Pirates at the July 2018 trade deadline, along with Glasnow, outfielder Austin Meadows, and pitching prospect. We got Shane Baz.
Glasnow, 30, has enjoyed his time with the Rays and as recently as October spoke about how much he loved the culture, atmosphere, approach to winning and the staff and teammates, admitting he would be sad to leave. Ta.
in Monday interview with ESPN and MLB Network analyst Xavier ScruggsGlasnow said he ultimately accepted being traded.
“My time with the Rays was so much fun. I love them to death. My plan, or my best best situation, is not to retire,” he said. “But I kind of understood that it was probably going to happen, and this offseason it seems like a 100 percent probability in my head. … But super stress and stuff like that. That didn’t happen. Where should I go?”
In August 2022, when he was nearing the end of his rehabilitation from surgery, the Rays signed him to an unusual contract extension, and the $25 million annual salary that formed the basis of this contract was determined by the Rays themselves.
Glasnow earned $5.35 million in 2023, about the same amount he would have earned in his final year of arbitration eligibility, and $25 million in 2024, his first year of free agency. obtained. $25 million would be the most the Rays have paid a player in a single season. Charlie Morton earned $15 million in 2019 and 2020.
Margot, 29, was acquired in a trade from San Diego in February 2020 and has been with the Rays for four seasons. He also suffered several injuries, including surgery on his right elbow last season and a sprain in his right knee in 2022.
Last season, he hit .264 with four home runs, 38 RBIs and a .686 OPS in 99 games, developing into a No. 4 or No. 5 outfielder between injuries and performance. The Rays signed him to a contract extension in April 2022.
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