The San Diego Padres are buying right-handed pitcher Casey Mize and infielder Gage Workman from the Detroit Tigers in trade for left-handed pitchers Kash Mayfield and Jackson Wolf, in keeping with ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
The Padres have been in a position to pull off this deal simply minutes earlier than the deadline and have now added one other nice beginning pitcher to their roster in Casey Mize. Mize has a 4-6 document on the season with a 2.70 ERA and 85 strikeouts.
The Padres are proper within the hunt for a Wild Card berth and in addition traded for beginning pitcher Robbie Ray earlier at this time, strengthening their rotation as they enter the ultimate few months of the common season. Mize might be joined by Gage Workman, a Tigers third baseman who has solely appeared in 16 video games this season, slashing .158/.158/.553.
The Tigers will acquire two left-handed pitching prospects in Mayfield and Wolf. At Excessive-A, Mayfield has a 3.54 ERA with 62 strikeouts in 15 begins. Wolf, then again, is pitching at Triple-A and has a 5-10 document with a 7.05 ERA in 17 begins this season.
Detroit has been one of many greater sellers in the course of the commerce deadline interval after dealing ace pitcher Tarik Skubal to the Dodgers just a few days in the past.
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