It’s been a busy few days for the Dodgers front office. The latest move was trading Gavin Lux to the Reds on Monday, in exchange for minor league outfielder Mike Sirota and Cincinnati’s Competitive Balance Round A draft pick in 2025.

Before the trade, on Monday morning, Ken Rosenthal on Fair Territory talked about the Dodgers roster after signing Kim.

“They have, with [Kim] now coming aboard, a glut of middle infield options, assuming they are going to keep Mookie Betts at shortstop,” Rosenthal said. “It seems to me a trade is coming somewhere.”

That proved prescient.

This offseason, the Dodgers have been adamant that Betts would play shortstop in 2025, but then again they also said as late as Friday that Lux would play second. But, for what it’s worth, here is Fabian Ardaya at The Athletic talking about the former in his write-up of the Lux trade — “The current expectation, a source said, is still for Betts to open camp as the Dodgers’ shortstop.”

Here’s Keith Law at The Athletic on the trade, which included this description of Kim:

The Dodgers have had a ton of success at getting guys to elevate the ball more, including Smith, Chris Taylor and Max Muncy, so I’ll be 0 percent surprised if Kim starts hitting the ball in the air more this year and generates more power. He’s a solid defender and likely to hit for a high average as it is, so another half-grade of power probably makes him an average regular.

Michael Baumann at FanGraphs opined on the Dodgers signing Kim, though this was written before the Lux trade:

So this isn’t another franchise-altering signing from one of the league’s richest teams. This is the Dodgers adding depth to a roster made up almost entirely of shortstops and designated hitters, with little in between. They’re finding the next Rojas before their current one goes bad.

Regarding new Dodger Mike Sirota, his great uncle was Whitey Ford. Jesús Cano and Mark Sheldon wrote about the familial connection last July for MLB.com.

Sirota wasn’t a Dodger when the Baseball Prospectus list of top Dodgers prospects on Monday morning. Jeffrey Paternostro at BP on Monday afternoon added that Sirota probably slots in at 13th-best in the system now, and offered this description:

The Women’s Pro Baseball League is set to launch in 2026. Kiri Oler at FanGraphs talked to folks involved with the league and offered suggestions on how the WPBL can draw from other women’s professional sports leagues to succeed.