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Proposed Dodgers trade sees Los Angeles land $9.4 million two-time All-Star slugger, create super platoon with Max Muncy
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are considering a trade to acquire two-time All-Star slugger Isaac Paredes from the Houston Astros for $9.4 million, aiming to enhance their already strong lineup. This move could create a powerful platoon with Max Muncy.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are off to an electric start as usual, with their super team having a record of 11-4 and first place in the NL West. However, while they are arguably already the best, that hasnât stopped them from constantly upgrading their team.
While they donât have to anymore, thereâs a few moves they could make to make themselves borderline unstoppable. One of those moves is one that FanSidedâs Zachary Rotman proposed: trading with the Houston Astros for their All-Star third baseman, Isaac Paredes.
The trade would look like this:
Dodgers get: 3B Isaac Paredes
Astros get: INF Alex Freeland, LAD No. 19 prospect OF/1B Ryan Ward
âIf you didn't like the first Astros-Dodgers mock trade, perhaps this one will make more sense. The Dodgers don't need Isaac Paredes, but that doesn't mean he wouldn't be an interesting fit. Paredes crushes left-handed pitching, as his career .804 OPS against southpaws would suggest, making him an ideal platoon partner with Max Muncy at the hot corner, and he can play three of the four infield positions, allowing him to give Freddie Freeman and Tommy Edman off-days at first base and second base, respectively. He'd be a luxury, and one the Dodgers can easily afford,â Rotman wrote.
So far this season, Paredes is slashing .222/.349/.333/.682 with four doubles and six RBI. However, heâd platoon with Max Muncy primarily, whoâs hitting .267/.365/.533/.899 with four homers and RBI. Allowing these two to face the pitching they love consistently would only make them hit better.
Heâd be very affordable too, as Rotman notes, as heâs only set to make $9.4 million this season. He then has a club option for $13.4 million next season, so it wouldnât have to be a rental.
If the Dodgers can figure out a way to do this, they better. It would cause the MLB to groan, and make them one step closer to a threepeat.
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