The Los Angeles Dodgers kickstarted what should be an active non-waiver trade deadline period with the acquisition of All-Star shortstop Manny Machado from the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday.
The Dodgers yielded five Minor Leaguers to complete the deal, headlined by outfielder Yusniel Diaz — the club’s No. 4 ranked prospect according to MLB Pipeline. Contrary to previous speculation, Los Angeles had enough prospect capital to finalize the trade without the inclusions of Gavin Lux and Dustin May going back to Baltimore.
Both Lux and May were reportedly off limits in trade talks for Machado.