We here at Dodgers Digest, like many others, assumed the Dodgers would add at least one reliever before the non-waiver trade deadline. Of the seven trade deadline pieces we (mostly Allan and Dustin) wrote, 14 names surfaced. All of them were pitchers, one starter and 13 relievers. Only two of those names got moved at all. The Dodgers did add a reliever, but it wasn’t quite the eighth-inning guy we all expected.
#BlueJays have agreed to trade John Axford to the Dodgers per source
— Ben Nicholson-Smith (@bnicholsonsmith) July 31, 2018
The Los Angeles Dodgers today acquired RHP John Axford from the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for minor league right-hander Corey Copping.