The Los Angeles Dodgers front office again was active at the non-waiver trade deadline, acquiring two position players in Manny Machado from the Baltimore Orioles and Brian Dozier from the Minnesota Twins, as well as reliever John Axford from the Toronto Blue Jays.
Machado was the early arrival, as that trade was completed during the All-Star break. Meanwhile, Dozier and Axford were deadline-day deals. While many felt bolstering the bullpen was the team’s biggest need, Axford wound up being the only addition the Dodgers made.
Axford appeared 45 games (one start) for the Blue Jays this season, going 4-1 while yielding a 4.