Los Angeles Dodgers: Two possible trades for Joc Pederson

By Jason Reed | Jan 20, 2019

LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 03: Joc Pederson #31 of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates as he crosses the plate on a solo home run in the first inning of the game off Justin Verlander #35 of the Houston Astros at Dodger Stadium on August 3, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images) /

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This trade is rather straight up and one of those instances where it helps both teams accomplish what they need to accomplish. For the Dodgers, they would be acquiring a great right-handed hitting bat that absolutely demolishes left-handed pitching. For the Tigers, they would be getting a controllable young outfielder as well as a prospect to bank on.

This might seem like a small price to pay for someone that led the league in batting average against southpaws and it is; that is what makes Castellanos a great trade target. He will be a free agent after the 2019 season and has holes in his defense, which lowers his trade value.

A return of Pederson and Gray should be more than enough to make the Tigers budge. The team would essentially be trading one year of Castellanos for multiple years of Pederson — who had a WAR only 0.3 less than Castellanos, per FanGraphs.

Throw in Josiah Gray, who the team acquired from the Cincinnati Reds and the Tigers would be getting a more than suitable replacement as well as a nice prospect.

While the defense could be a concern for the Dodgers, as we saw with Matt Kemp, the team is great with positioning fielders in a certain way to mask any defensive inefficiencies.

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