Rays agree to trade Tyler Glasnow to Dodgers, sources say - ESPN

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays are in agreement on a trade to send frontline starter Tyler Glasnow to the Dodgers, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN on Thursday. The deal is contingent on Glasnow signing a contract extension with Los Angeles, which the parties are hopeful will happen by Friday, according to sources.

The window for the extension opened Thursday morning, sources said, and if completed, the Dodgers will acquire Glasnow and outfielder Manuel Margot and send right-handed starter Ryan Pepiot and outfield prospect Jonny Deluca to the Rays.

One of the prized starting pitchers on the trade market, Glasnow is among the game's most dominant — and if not for injuries would be regarded as one of the best starters in baseball. In a career-high 120 innings this year, the hard-throwing right-hander struck out 162 and walked just 37, going 10-7 with a 3.53 ERA. Should the deal go through, Los Angeles would add a front-of-the-rotation arm just days after signing Shohei Ohtani to a 10-year, $700 million contract, with the vast majority of the money deferred.

Some of the freed-up cash flow can go to Glasnow, a Southern California native who is set to make $25 million this season and could wind up with an extension that takes him into his mid-30s and exceeds nine figures. Currently, only Ohtani and fellow stars Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman are signed by the Dodgers beyond 2025.

Tampa Bay explored trading Glasnow, 30, from the early part of the offseason, and while the Rays considered keeping him even at a $25 million salary they awarded him as part of a contract extension in August 2022, the value in the trade market progressed to the point that they dealt away their expected Opening Day starter.

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