Thursday, January 11, 2024
Copyrighted by Sarah Morris, 2024
Thursday, the Los Angeles Dodgers traded Yency Almonte and Michael Busch to the Chicago Cubs for two teenage prospects. Trading Almonte and Busch freed up two roster spots of the 40-man roster. Soon, Teoscar Hernández will occupy a cleared roster spot.
Losing Busch hurts the Dodgers, but the team had no place to play the left-handed first baseman. Busch was a great offensive player, but he struggled defensively.
Almonte has a seesaw right-handed reliever. Sometimes, he was dominating, but at other times, he was awful. A strained forearm and a sprained knee plagued Almonte’s Dodger career.