Astros Literally Trade Tyler White to Dodgers for A. Scrubb
By Adam Weinrib
The Houston Astros' Tyler White experiment has officially been deemed a failure, and he's been shipped off to the Los Angeles Dodgers unceremoniously on Thursday.
In fact, the trade was so unceremonious that the return was...A. Scrubb.
As in Andre Scrubb, a reliever the Dodgers were more than happy to get rid of.
Tyler White has been traded from the Astros to the Dodgers for minor league RHP Andre Scrubb, per source. @jakemkaplan had White to Dodgers first.
— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) July 25, 2019
Scrubb is 6-1 with a 2.45 ERA and 56 K in 47.2 innings at Double-A this season, and the LAD hope he doesn't turn into the type of "Josh Fields-for-Yordan Alvarez" heist that seems to happen between these two franchises these days.
White, given every chance to emulate Evan Gattis' slugging role for Houston, instead hit .225 with a trio of homers this season, though his OBP work was still solid (a .320 mark, nearly 100 points above his average).
Never forget. #TylerWhite pic.twitter.com/u0nNS5XNBb
— Kole Philip | Astros SZN (@realKolePhilip) July 20, 2019
This likely won't be the last move for either of these teams at the deadline; both are the class of their leagues, but have some back-end relief spots and pitching depth to shore up, at the very least.