According to Francys Romero, the Los Angeles Dodgers have traded outfielder Arnaldo Lantigua to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for $1 million in international signing bonus money. The 19-year-old outfielder was signed by Los Angeles in January of 2023.

Even after signing Roki Sasaki and Blake Snell, the Dodgers have interest in re-signing Clayton Kershaw, GM Brandon Gomes said Wednesday (via the Orange County Register). Kershaw

The right-hander is regarded as the best remaining relief arm left on the shelf. Tanner Scott, Kirby Yates and Jeff Hoffman have all recently come off the board. Hoffman, Estévez's now former teammate with the Phillies, joined the Blue Jays, while Scott and Kirby added to the juggernaut that is the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Report: Reds Complete Trade With Dodgers, Acquire Prospect Arnaldo Lantigua. Lantigua hit .310 in the Dominican Summer League last season.

"The ceiling is as high as any team in the league," said new Cincinnati Reds infielder Gavin Lux, whose last game was a Game 5 World Series clincher.

Elly De La Cruz was a National League All-Star in his first full big-league season, which he finished with an MLB-best 67 stolen bases.

Lantigua, 19, batted .301 with 11 home runs and 42 RBI across 49 games for the Rookie-DSL Dodgers Mega in 2024.

Once the Los Angeles Dodgers signed second baseman Hyeseong Kim, a Gavin Lux trade seemed practically inevitable. It wasn't a complete surprise, then, when Lux

The Dodgers announced that they’ve traded minor league outfielder Arnaldo Lantigua to the Reds for international bonus pool space. Cincinnati is reportedly sending $1.5MM in pool room to the Dodgers. Bonus pool money must be traded in multiples of $250K. Los Angeles now has sufficient funds to finalize their $6.5MM deal with Roki Sasaki.

With Walker Buehler gone to Boston, most of the pitching staff is either bought or acquired as well; Tony Gonsolin, Dustin May, Edgardo Henriquez, and Michael Grove are the only Dodgers draftees or amateur international free agent signings left (even though Grove doesn't feel likely to stay for long).

The Los Angeles Dodgers had to lose many prospects to free up enough international bonus pool money to win the Roki Sasaki sweepstakes.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are preparing to defend their World Series title, and to do so they are shoring up some positions, and the monarchs agreed with the Reds on a trade to recei