Dodgers acquire All-Star reliever Craig Kimbrel, send AJ Pollock to White Sox

The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired eight-time All-Star reliever Craig Kimbrel from the Chicago White Sox on Friday in alternate for outfielder AJ Pollock.

Kimbrel was 4-5 with 24 saves in a mixed 63 video games with the Chicago Cubs and White Sox final season. The Cubs shipped him throughout city at midseason in alternate for Codi Heaur and Nick Madrigal. Kimbrel was 2-2 with the White Sox with one save in 24 video games.

Kimbrel rediscovered the shape that made him one of many sport’s finest closers and was named to his eighth All-Star workforce final season.

The 33-year-old right-hander was the NL Rookie of the 12 months in 2011. He led the league in saves from 2011 to 2014. Kimbrel ranks ninth all-time within the majors with 372 saves as he begins his thirteenth season.

Kimbrel fulfills the Dodgers’ want for a shutdown possibility late in video games, particularly with the departure of 10-year nearer Kenley Jansen, who signed a one-year take care of the defending World Sequence champion Atlanta Braves.

Pollock hit .282 with 65 dwelling runs and 199 RBIs in three seasons with the Dodgers. The 34-year-old outfielder’s finest season got here final yr, when he batted. .297 with 21 homers and 69 RBIs in 117 video games.