The Los Angeles Dodgers, looking to bolster their line-up for the postseason, made two late night trades on Monday night acquiring veteran right-handed pitcher Jon Garland from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for a player to be named later, and slugging veteran designated hitter/infielder Jim Thome and cash from the Chicago White Sox for minor league infielder Justin Fuller.
For players to be eligible for the postseason and added to the 40 man roster, players had to clear waivers by midnight ET on Monday.
Garland, 29, was 8-11 with a 4.29 ERA (80 ER in 167.2 IP) in 27 starts for the D-backs this season. He held opponents to a .286 batting average (188-for-657) with 52 walks and 83 strikeouts. Garland, who signed with the D-backs as a free agent on Jan. 29, is 114-100 with a 4.45 ERA (887 ER in 1793.0 IP) in 305 career games (282 starts) over parts of 10 seasons in the Majors for the Chicago White Sox (2000-2007), Los Angeles Angels (2008) and Arizona Diamondbacks (2009). In h...
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