What did the Cincinnati Reds get in return from the Dylan Floro trade?

The Cincinnati Reds traded right-hander pitchers, Dylan Floro and Zach Neal to the Los Angeles Dodgers for two minor leaguers. What can we expect from the players the Reds just acquired?

The Cincinnati Reds traded right-hander pitchers, Dylan Floro and Zach Neal to the Los Angeles Dodgers for James Marinan and Aneurys Zabala. What can we expect from these young players that the Reds just acquired?

Floro signed a minor-league deal with Cincinnati over the winter and turned out to be a solid signing for the Reds. In 25 relief appearances this season, Floro had 25 strikeouts and will take a 2.72 ERA with him to Los Angeles.

Zach Neal, a former Dodger, will head to Los Angeles with Floro as well. Neal had not yet been called up to Cincinnati. He’d spent the two previous seasons with Oakland. Neal appeared in 18 games with the Bats this season. He worked 39.2 innings with a 5.90 ERA.

So who did the Reds pick up in the trade?

James Marinan is the more impressive of the two prospects they received in the trade. The 6’5″, 220-pound right-hander was a fourth-round draft selection of the Dodgers in the 2017 MLB Draft. According to the Reds president of baseball operations, Dick Williams, via Reds.com, Cincinnati was high on the Park Vista Community High School product going into last year’s draft.

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"“We took the opportunity to trade from an area of relative depth to acquire promising future assets. Marinan is someone that was very high on our Draft board in 2017. We are pleased to see the team performing on the field but recognize we have to keep pushing forward opportunistically to acquire talent.”"

Marinan was the No. 21 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline, for the Dodgers. He’s already slid up a few spots to No. 17 in the Reds’ farm system according to the same source. As a high school pitcher just last year, it’s unlikely to see Marinan make it to the Majors anytime soon. He will report to rookie-level Billings.

Aneurys Zabala is a flame-throwing right-hander from the Dominican Republic. Since 2017, Zabala has pitched in the Midwest League for the Great Lakes Loons. This season, in 24 games, Zabala has pitched in 37 innings, walked 25 batters and struck out 30. His ERA was 4.86.

Zabala will start in Single-A Dayton. He’ll be alongside some of Cincinnati’s top prospects, Hunter Greene and Jeter Downs.

Is this just the beginning?

So, now the Reds have gotten the ball rolling, right? Dylan Floro hadn’t necessarily been mentioned as a player the Reds were shopping, but it’s not surprising at all to see Cincinnati move on from the right-handed reliever.

Names like Raisel Iglesias and Matt Harvey have surfaced in recent days as possible players that other teams are inquiring about. At 38-49, the Reds have to field almost any call that comes their way as the MLB trade deadline approaches.

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Look for names like Scooter Gennett, Adam Duvall, Billy Hamilton, Jared Hughes and David Hernandez to be floated out there as possible trade targets for contending teams. With the Reds surging right now, winning 13 of their last 17 games, it may not be surprising to see them stick it out for the remainder of the season with the team they’ve got.

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