{"id":164103,"date":"2025-07-09T20:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T20:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/164103\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T20:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T20:46:12","slug":"dodgers-trade-idea-lands-guardians-emmanuel-clase-for-andy-pages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/164103\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers Trade Idea Lands Guardians’ Emmanuel Clase for Andy Pages"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dodgers Trade Idea Lands Guardians’ Emmanuel Clase for Andy Pages<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At this year’s MLB trade deadline, the Los Angeles Dodgers could be in the market for relief pitching help. While the Dodgers have a decent collection of relievers who’ve been solid, they could use a sure-fire closer.<\/p>\n

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One way to add a closer could be through\u00a0Jim Bowden of The Athletic’s<\/a> trade idea,\u00a0which would send Andy Pages to the Cleveland Guardians in exchange for All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase.<\/p>\n

Bowden presented this trade idea from the Guardians’ perspective, as the team desperately needs offense and could use Clase to land such a player.<\/p>\n

“The Guardians need offense.” Bowden writes. “If they trade Clase, they need to focus on young bats. Offer him to the Dodgers for Andy Pages.”<\/p>\n

Of all the relievers expected to be on the trade market, he’d be the most intriguing option if Clase is one. While trading Pages, who is having a breakout season, would sting, landing Clase would elevate the bullpen drastically.<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Andy Pages (44) hits a solo home run during the second inning against the Chicago White Sox at Dodger Stadium.Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

There is one caveat to a potential Clase deal. He would need to be back to his 2024 version of himself, and not the 2025 version, to make such a deal worth it for the Dodgers.<\/p>\n

So far in 2025, he has a 3.12 ERA, 19 saves, 40 strikeouts, and 10 walks in 40.1 innings pitched. He has a strong 131 ERA+, but compared to 2024, this season has been a letdown.<\/p>\n

A year ago, Clase had a remarkable 0.61 ERA, 47 saves, 66 strikeouts, and 10 walks in 74.1 innings pitched, good for an incredible 667 ERA+ and third place in Cy Young voting.<\/p>\n

Pages is worth 2024 Clase, not the 2025 version. While he hasn’t performed half as well as he did in 2024, Clase would still be a nice addition to the Dodgers’ bullpen.<\/p>\n

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It’s an interesting trade idea from Bowden, but Pages’ production at the plate, .284\/.325\/.488, is too crucial for the Dodgers, especially with Michael Conforto’s struggles this season.<\/p>\n

Related: Dodgers’ Biggest Trade Deadline Need Is Michael Conforto Replacement<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: Dodgers Call Up Former All-Star Reliever to Major Leagues<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jul 9, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dodgers Trade Idea Lands Guardians’ Emmanuel Clase for Andy Pages originally appeared on Athlon Sports. At this year’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2380],"tags":[1384,5,49,135,51,2565,406,538,3804,57,111,4,3449],"class_list":{"0":"post-164103","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-guardians","8":"tag-andy-pages","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-chicago-white-sox","11":"tag-cleveland","12":"tag-cleveland-guardians","13":"tag-clevelandguardians","14":"tag-emmanuel-clase","15":"tag-guardians","16":"tag-jim-bowden","17":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","18":"tag-michael-conforto","19":"tag-mlb","20":"tag-mlb-trade-deadline"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114825238461563876","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}