Longtime Dodgers Trade Target Finally Gets Moved to AL East Team
Longtime Dodgers trade target Corbin Burnes has finally been traded. Late Thursday night, the Milwaukee Brewers sent their ace to the Baltimore Orioles for shortstop Joey Ortiz, left-handed pitcher D.L. Hall and a draft pick. ESPN's Jeff Passan was among those to report the news.
Burnes, 29, had long been linked to the Dodgers. The 2021 National League Cy Young award winner has made three straight All-Star teams, serving as the ace of the Brewers since transitioning to a full-time starter role in 2021.
Burnes was linked to the Dodgers during the 2022-23 offseason and at the 2023 trade deadline, however, the Brewers declined to move him.
This offseason, it sounded like the team was leaning towards keeping him, but on the first day of Feb., they decided to pull the trigger on a deal.
For the Dodgers, a trade for Burnes at this point in the offseason would have made no sense. The Dodgers made their decision to trade for right-handed starter Tyler Glasnow earlier in the offseason, and after signing Yoshinobu Yamamoto and James Paxton, they have a packed rotation.
With Burnes being out of Milwaukee, though, it would behoove the Dodgers to call up the Brewers and see if they're looking to sell. There are multiple players on the Brewers who should be of interest to the Dodgers, including right-handed reliever Devin Williams and shortstop Willy Adames — but more on that in another article.
