The Dodgers traded James Paxton to the Boston Red Sox for minor league infielder Moises Bolivar, the team announced Friday.
As the Dodgers had hoped, they found a trade partner for Paxton after designating him for assignment on Monday — one day after pitching five innings in a win over Boston in which he gave up three runs and struck out seven.
Paxton, a 35-year-old left-hander, signed a one-year contract with the Dodgers in the offseason and had given the team’s short-handed rotation important innings over the first half of the season, going 8-2 in 18 starts.
Jack Harris covers the Dodgers for the Los Angeles Times. Before that, he covered the Angels, the Kings and almost everything else the L.A. sports scene had to offer. A Phoenix native, he originally interned at The Times before joining the staff in 2019.
