The Dodgers made their first deadline trade on Saturday. It wasn’t a blockbuster trade for Juan Soto or Shohei Ohtani, but rather, a quintessential Andrew Friedman-type trade for a veteran reliever who’s underperforming. LA traded utility man Zach McKinstry for Cubs right-handed reliever Chris Martin.
Since McKinstry was on the big league roster at the time of the trade, the Dodgers called up outfielder James Outman from Triple-A to keep the bench fully stocked. Outman, who was the team’s seventh-round pick in the 2018 draft, isn’t going to have to wait long to see his name on a big league lineup card.