SAN DIEGO — It took right up until Tuesday’s in-season trade deadline, but the Dodgers added the starting pitching they had been targeting all along.
Right-hander Jack Flaherty was acquired from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for two well-regarded prospects – catcher Thayron Liranzo and Triple-A infielder Trey Sweeney.
In a separate trade, the Dodgers sent left-hander Ryan Yarbrough to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for four-time Gold Glove center fielder Kevin Kiermaier. Yarbrough had been designated for assignment on Monday.
In Flaherty, the Dodgers add a veteran who is eligible for free agency this winter. A first-round draft pick out of Harvard-Westlake in 2014, Flaherty was 7-5 with a 2.95 ERA in 18 starts for the Tigers this season.
The 28-year-old was considered to be the best starting pitcher available behind White Sox left-hander Garrett Crochet and Flaherty’s Tigers teammate Tarik Skubal. Neither Crochet nor Skubal was traded before Tuesday’s deadline.
Kiermaier is an elite defender who won his fourth Gold Glove with the Blue Jays last season. He has never offered much offensively, however, and has a career batting average of .246 with a .709 OPS. In 81 games with the Blue Jays this season, Kiermaier batted .195 with a .546 OPS.
Flaherty and Kiermaier make it a five-player haul at the deadline for the Dodgers. Right-hander Michael Kopech and utilitymen Tommy Edman and Amed Rosario were acquired in trades on Monday.
