Detroit City Wire

DETROIT – The Detroit Tigers announced the acquisition of catcher Thayron Liranzo and infielder Trey Sweeney from the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for righthanded pitcher Jack Flaherty.

Liranzo, 21, has played in 74 games with Single A Midland this season, hitting .220/.344/.356 with 15 doubles, seven homers, and 30 RBI. He ranks seventh in the Midwest League with 49 walks. Liranzo represented the Dodgers organization in the Futures Game earlier this season.

Signed by the Dodgers as an international free agent in January 2021, Liranzo is hitting .247/.371/.465 with 54 doubles, three triples, 40 homers, and 139 RBI in 230 career games as a professional. He was named a Low Class A All-Star by Baseball America, All-MiLB Prospect Second Team and a California League Postseason All-Star in 2023 and was an Arizona Complex League Postseason All-Star in 2022. He is ranked No. 3 and No. 8 in the Dodgers prospect rankings on Baseball America and MLB Pipeline, respectively.

Sweeney, 24, has spent the entire 2024 season with Triple A Oklahoma City, playing in 96 games and hitting .254/.334/.427 with 22 doubles, three triples, 13 home runs and 62 RBI. Among all Pacific Coast League players, Sweeney ranks seventh with 22 doubles, tied for seventh with 65 runs scored, ninth with 99 hits and tenth with both his total of RBI (62) and total bases (166). Sweeney was named PCL Player of the Week for the week ending June 2.

Originally selected by the New York Yankees in the first round (30th overall) of the 2021 MLB Draft, Sweeney has played in a total of five seasons spanning over five seasons slashing .250/.353/.428 with totals including: doubles (65), triples (13), homers (49), and RBIs (181). He is ranked No.22 on MLB Pipeline's Dodger prospect ranking while coming at No.28 according to Baseball America’s rankings.

Flaherty at age of twenty-eight years old started eighteen games for Tigers this current season maintaining record standing at seven wins versus five losses while achieving earned run average or ERA figure calculated around two point ninety-five following innings pitched tallying up to one hundred six point two while allowing thirty-five earned runs only managing strikeouts summing up to one hundred thirty-three strikeouts throughout those appearances made so far within same period accounted herewith too.

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