Los Angeles Dodgers trade LHP Adam Kolarek, OF Cody Thomas to Oakland A's for IF Sheldon Neuse, RHP Gus Varland
LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers have acquired infielder Sheldon Neuse and minor league right-hander Gus Varland from the Oakland Athletics on Friday for left-hander Adam Kolarek and minor league outfielder Cody Thomas.
Neuse spent last season at Oakland's alternate site after hitting .250 the previous year for the A's. Before his promotion in 2019, the 26-year-old infielder batted .317, hit 27 home runs and had 102 RBIs in 126 Triple-A games.
Varland is a combined 2-2 with a 1.54 ERA and 77 strikeouts in 18 minor league games, including 15 starts.
Kolarek made 20 appearances for the Dodgers last year, going 3-0 with a 0.95 ERA and 13 strikeouts. He was 5-0 with one save across 46 games and a 0.88 ERA in his Dodgers career. In four major league seasons, he is a combined 11-3 with a 3.32 ERA.
Thomas spent part of last season at the Dodgers alternate site. In 2019, he hit a career-best 23 homers and had 76 RBIs with Double-A Tulsa. In four minor league seasons, he has 81 homers and driven in 278 runs with a .255 batting average.
In a separate move, the Dodgers sent right-handed reliever Dylan Floro to the Miami Marlinsfor left-handed reliever Alex Vesia and pitching prospect Kyle Hurt.
Floro, 30, went 3-0 with a 2.59 ERA in 25 games last year for the World Series champions. He has also pitched for the Tampa Bay Rays, Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds, and has a career ERA of 3.33 over 159 2/3 innings in five seasons. Floro has a 4.38 ERA in 14 postseason games.
Floro agreed last month to a $975,000, one-year contract and is eligible for free agency after the 2023 season.
Vesia, 24, got rocked as a rookie for the Marlins last year, when he allowed nine earned runs in 4 1/3 innings. He has a 1.62 ERA in 52 career minor league games.
Hurt, a right-handed starter, was a fifth-round pick in the 2020 amateur draft who pitched for Southern Cal.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
