5:04pm: Los Angeles is acquiring outfield prospect Mike Sirota and a draft pick, reports Ari Alexander of KPRC 2. Cincinnati’s competitive balance pick — the only choice that can be traded — lands at 37th overall.
4:59pm: The clubs are in agreement on a deal that’ll send Lux to Cincinnati, confirms Fabian Ardaya of the Athletic.
4:56pm: The Reds are finalizing a deal for second baseman Gavin Lux from the Dodgers, reports Jeff Passan of ESPN. Los Angeles general manager Brandon Gomes had downplayed the possibility of trading Lux late last week, but it seems the Dodgers intend to play free agent pickup Hyeseong Kim at second base.
Lux is going into his age-27 season. The left-handed hitting infielder was a first-round pick in 2016 and had emerged as one of the top prospects in baseball by the time he was promoted at the end of the ’19 season. Lux has been a solid big leaguer but not the kind of star that many evaluators had hoped.
The Dodgers didn’t give Lux consistent big league run until 2021. He struggled offensively that season, hitting .242/.328/.364 through 102 games. His bat took a step forward the following year, as he hit .276/.346/.399 through 471 trips to the plate. Lux looked like the starting shortstop going into 2023, but he tore his right ACL during Spring Training and wound up missing the entire season.
Lux returned from injury last year. He was healthy in Spring Training and expected to start at shortstop. A series of throwing errors during exhibition play called that into question. By the middle of Spring Training, Los Angeles announced that Lux would slide back to second base while Mookie Betts tried his hand at shortstop. Lux had started his professional career but encountered throwing accuracy issues in the minors as well.
More to come.
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