Dodgers Acquire Rich Hill and Josh Reddick From A's

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The Los Angeles Dodgers will send minor league pitching prospects Jharel Cotton, Grant Holmes and Frankie Montas to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for starting pitcher Rich Hill and outfielder Josh Reddick, sources report on Monday.

In Hill the Dodgers receive a veteran starter to add to a rotation that has struggled with injuries recently. Reddick's presence in the outfield makes Yasiel Puig expendable for the Dodgers, which they have been aiming to do as the trade deadline approached.

Hill is currently on the disabled list with a blistered finger. The 36-year old right-hander is 9-3 with a 2.25 ERA in 14 starts for Oakland this season. Reddick is hitting .296 with an OPS of .818 in his 68 games with Oakland this year. He missed the end of May and most of June with a fractured thumb. His production has dipped a little in his return (he was hitting .322 before the injury)

Holmes is ranked as the 72nd best prospect in all of baseball by Baseball America. He made 18 starts in Class-A Advanced Rancho Cucamonga. He compiled a record of 8-4, and he's posted an ERA of 4.02, and he also has a WHIP of 1.39.

The 20-year-old has struck out 100 batters in 105 1/3 innings. Cotton, 24, has made 22 appearances in Triple-A Oklahoma City this year. He is 8-5 with an ERA of 4.90, and he's recorded 119 strikeouts in 97 1/3 innings. Montas is ranked as the 95th best prospect in baseball by Baseball America. In 16 innings at Double-A and Triple-A, he has a 2.25 ERA and 22 strikeouts. He has missed a good portion of the season due to a rib injury.