The Detroit Tigers aren’t up to much right now, but the rest of baseball is still doing a little bit of last-minute Christmas shopping. In particular, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds pulled off a blockbuster deal on Friday. The Reds received outfielders Matt Kemp and Yasiel Puig, along with lefthander Alex Wood and catcher Kyle Farmer. The Dodgers received salary relief, because apparently they need that.
Sure, the Dodgers netted a couple of prospects in Jeter Downs and Josiah Gray, but neither are premium talents — Downs was the No.