Los Angeles Dodgers trade Don Mattingly’s son Preston Mattingly to Cleveland Indians

Preston Mattingly, the son of soon to be Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly On the surface, this look like a trade of one team getting rid of a player with whom they’re unhappy with to a team who also has a player with whom they’re unhappy with. In the deal the Dodgers receive Romon Pena a left handed hitting outfielder who has only played in 21 games this season. But when you think about the fact that his father was just hired as the Dodgers manager and also 1B/3B Brett Wallach, the son of Tim Wallach was also traded, you start to wonder if they were moved so there would be no nepotism charges. Preston surely would never be good enough to be a major leaguer but would his dad give him a shot in the majors just because that’s his son? It’s possible and to avoid that he could’ve been moved. I doubt the same for Brett Wallach as he actually has some talent and his dad is only the AAA manger but you never know. Lastly, I have a new Twitter page up, f...