Dodgers trade for Tyler Fitzgerald weeks after Giants give up on him

TL;DR

The Los Angeles Dodgers have traded for Tyler Fitzgerald from the Toronto Blue Jays after the San Francisco Giants gave up on him. Fitzgerald, who struggled last season, hopes to revive his career with the Dodgers.

Key points

Tyler Fitzgerald was traded to the Dodgers from the Blue Jays.
He had a strong start in 2024 but fell off significantly afterward.
The Giants traded him due to poor performance and high strikeout rates.

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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 17: Tyler Fitzgerald #49 of the San Francisco Giants at bat against the Tampa Bay Rays at Oracle Park on August 17, 2025 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images) | Getty Images Tyler Fitzgerald had one glorious five-week stretch for the San Francisco Giants in 2024 where he hit 13 home runs in 26 games. He fell off so badly that the Giants traded last season’s primary second baseman to the Toronto Blue Jays in early April. But now Fitzgerald is ready to revive his career with one simple change: He’s been traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers tapped their most reliable trade asset to scoop up Fitzgerald: Cash. Cash considerations, to be specific, which we think means they sent their check to the Blue Jays inside a thoughtful greeting card. There’s a lot of reasons that the Giants gave up on Fitzgerald. He slashed .217/.278/.327 last season in an injury-marred year where he got demoted to Triple-A. His power disappeared but his strikeout rate stayed high. This year, Fitzgerald has struck out in more than a third of his plate appearances in the minors, with his defense looking steadily worse in his age-28 season. So why should anyone expect him to thrive as a Dodger? Because the Giants gave up on him, and as per the blood sacrifices made from 2010-14, the baseball gods will curse the team until penance is paid and Rusty the Robot rises from his watery grave in McCovey Cove. It’s also because Fitzgerald is the type of multi-positional utility player that has over-performed with the Dave Roberts Dodgers. had similar numbers to Fitzgerald in his own age-26 season in 2017. There’s just something about being a middle infielder willing to practice shagging flies in the outfield that leads to wild success in Chavez Ravine. Just ask Taylor, or , or , or , or . It could be that Fitzgerald will have a Mike Benajmin-like fade into obscurity for Giants shortstops who got insanely hot for short stretches (Benjamin had 13 hits over two games in 1995). But it seems like fate has placed Fitzgerald in Dodger Blue to punish the Giants for giving up on him, like how got a World Series ring last season with the Dodgers (though he was terrible). Don’t expect Fitzgerald to go back to his slugging ways right away with the Dodgers. He’ll wait until he can start hitting balls into McCovey Cove when the Dodgers visit again on the last weekend of the season, invariably knocking the Giants out of the wild-card race. Can’t wait!

Q&A

Why did the San Francisco Giants trade Tyler Fitzgerald?

The Giants traded Tyler Fitzgerald due to his poor performance, including a .217 batting average and high strikeout rate last season.

What did the Dodgers give up for Tyler Fitzgerald?

The Dodgers acquired Tyler Fitzgerald by sending cash considerations to the Toronto Blue Jays.

How did Tyler Fitzgerald perform in his brief stint with the Giants?

Tyler Fitzgerald had a strong five-week stretch in 2024, hitting 13 home runs in 26 games, but struggled significantly afterward.

Dodgers trade for Tyler Fitzgerald weeks after Giants give up on him

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