Overview

• Detroit received veteran starter Chris Paddack and reliever Randy Dobnak in exchange for 19-year-old catching prospect Enrique Jimenez.
• Paddack carries a 4.95 ERA with 83 strikeouts over 111 innings this season and will become a free agent at year’s end.
• Dobnak made a single appearance for Minnesota this year, delivering 5.1 innings of relief while allowing one run.
• Jimenez, Detroit’s No. 14 prospect, signed for $1.25 million out of Venezuela in 2023 and hit .250 with six homers and 32 RBIs in rookie ball.
• The trade aims to fill rotation gaps created by Jackson Jobe’s Tommy John surgery and Alex Cobb’s hip injury as Detroit holds an eight-game lead at 61–46.