The Dodgers thinned out their glut of middle infielders on Monday, trading second baseman Gavin Lux to the Cincinnati Reds for outfield prospect Mike Sirota and a competitive-balance Round A draft pick, according to a person familiar with the deal but not authorized to speak publicly about it.
Lux had a productive finish to 2024 after missing 2023 because of torn knee ligaments, batting .304 with an .899 on-base-plus-slugging percentage in the second half after hitting .213 with a .562 OPS in the first half, and he drove in the tying run with an eighth-inning sacrifice fly in the World Series Game 5-clinching win over the New York Yankees.