Dodgers Rumors: Tigers, Eduardo Rodriguez Open Up About Non Trade to LA

The pitcher exercised his no-trade clause.

The Los Angeles Dodgers had an eventful trade deadline.

They acquired starting pitching help in Lance Lynn, a relief arm in Joe Kelly, another pitcher in Ryan Yarbrough and infield depth in Amed Rosario and Kiké Hernandez.

But most of the story centered around their inability to grab a second arm for their rotation, as they were unable to trade for arms like Justin Verlander, Jack Flaherty, Lucas Giolito, Jordan Montgomery, Eduardo Rodriguez and more.

Rodriguez's situation was particularly noteworthy, as the Dodgers and Detroit Tigers had agreed to a deal that would send him to Los Angeles.

The veteran arm had a partial no-trade clause in his contract, however, flexibility he chose to exercise and therefore nix his trade to LA.

Tigers general manager Scott Harris opened up about the vetoed deal, and he relayed that the 30-year old is "comfortable in Detroit," per USA Today's Bob Nightengale.

Detroit Tigers GM Scott Harris on Eduardo Rodriguez vetoing his deal with the LA #Dodgers: "We reached a deal he was not comfortable with.''
Harris says Rodriguez is comfortable in Detroit, and it's possible they work out an extension to keep him him exercising his opt-out.

— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) August 1, 2023

As for Rodriguez's contract, he can opt out of the remaining three years of his five-year, $77 million deal after this season, and he likely will.

As for the Dodgers, they'll have to move forward with a starting rotation that currently includes a struggling Julio Urias and Tony Gonsolin, two rookies in Bobby Miller and Emmet Sheehan, and the newly-acquired Lynn, who made a strong Dodger debut on Tuesday night.

Lance Lynn pitched well in his Dodgers debut, outside of 3 solo home runs which gives him an MLB-worst 31 on the year.

7 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 16 Whiffs

All things considered the Dodgers will take this start 10 times out of 10.

But he really needs to fix this HR problem.

— Noah Camras (@noahcamras) August 2, 2023

Dodger ace left-hander Clayton Kershaw may make his return soon, but he's been out since early July with shoulder soreness.

Los Angeles hoped to provide some more stability to the rotation, and Rodriguez would have helped to do that. But he said no, and LA will now have to hope that their makeshift starting five can tread water for a little while longer.