New Dodgers help right away 

At the trade Deadline, there were no players out on the field and no coaches waiting behind them. It turns out it was also quiet in the front office as the Dodgers, a team expected to be active in the pitching market before the Deadline, only landed a depth piece in left-hander Ryan Yarbrough from the Royals in exchange for prospects Devin Mann and Derlin Figueroa.  

By Earl Heath

Contributing Sports Writer

 When the Dodgers acquired an old friend Kiké Hernández from the Red Sox and Lance Lynn  from the White Sox last week the team was hopeful those moves were just the beginning of what was going to be a busy stretch of upgrading a roster that has surprised through four months.  

At the trade Deadline, there were no players out on the field and no coaches waiting behind them. It turns out it was also quiet in the front office as the Dodgers, a team expected to be active in the pitching market before the Deadline, only landed a depth piece in left-hander Ryan Yarbrough from the Royals in exchange for prospects Devin Mann and Derlin Figueroa.  

Both Hernández and Lynn played key roles in the Dodgers’ 7-3 win over the A’s in the series opener at DODGER Stadium  

“We added five guys in the last week, and a lot of them contributed big today,” said Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman, who went 4-for-5 on Tuesday, his fourth four-game hit of the season. “We feel good. We love our team. We had a first-place team going into the day, and we have a first-place team coming out of tonight. We love the team we have.” 

“We won, so it was good. That’s all that matters,” Lynn said. “I made a couple mistakes that left the ballpark. But we won, so that’s all that matters.” 

Mooki Betts also had his 28 homer of the season. 

“We knew that this year, there was a smaller number than there typically is, for various reasons,” said Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman. “But there were a couple guys we aggressively pursued, and that’s how it goes. From our standpoint, we feel really good about the team we have and the depth we have behind it. That said, you always want to feel even better.”