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CHICAGO\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The Dodgers<\/a> added catching depth on Monday with a familiar name.<\/p>\n

They acquired journeyman backstop Ben Rortvedt<\/a> from the Mets for right-hander Chayce McDermott, the team announced hours before the trade deadline.<\/p>\n

The move marked the third time in a little over a year that the Dodgers have acquired Rortvedt. They also traded for him before the deadline last year and claimed him off waivers for several days in February.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers designated McDermott for assignment on Friday in the midst of a reliever shuffle to prepare for a bullpen game.<\/p>\n

The team felt comfortable with backup catcher Dalton Rushing<\/a> taking on the bulk of the catching duties while catcher Will Smith<\/a> continues to work back from a lingering neck injury that\u2019s kept him sidelined since early June. But depth at the physically taxing position is always valuable.<\/p>\n

That point was highlighted Sunday, when the Dodgers scratched Rushing from the lineup<\/a> with what they called minor arm irritation.<\/p>\n

In Rortvedt, the Dodgers bring in an experienced catcher who is familiar with their pitching staff back into the organization. Not on the Mets\u2019 40-man roster, Rortvedt has spent the season in triple-A Syracuse, where he posted a .733 OPS.<\/p>\n

As the hours ticked closer to the trade deadline, the Dodgers also acquired left-hander Kris Bubic from the Royals on Monday, a person with knowledge of the situation but not authorized to speak publicly confirmed. In return, the Dodgers sent back right-hander Carlos Duran.<\/p>\n

Bubic, who was an All-Star last year, was on the 60-day IL with the Royals. Left elbow soreness initially sidelined him in mid-May, but shoulder soreness set back his ramp-up while he was on a minor-league rehab assignment. He\u2019s since started a new throwing progression.<\/p>\n

Bubic posted a 4.11 ERA in nine starts before landing on the IL. But he\u2019s not far removed from a 2025 season that featured a 90th-percentile chase rate of 32.5%, according to Statcast.<\/p>\n

Duran owned a 3.38 ERA with triple-A Oklahoma City. His departure opens a spot on the 40-man roster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The Dodgers added catching depth on Monday with a familiar name. They acquired journeyman backstop Ben Rortvedt from…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":978489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[69671,195687,1582,276,70306,8329,2442,89616,2961,224,2444,5337,3685,154642,392722,4158,358290,3007,392721,5956],"class_list":["post-978488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-ben-rortvedt","tag-bold-move","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-depth","tag-dodger","tag-dodgers","tag-innings","tag-la","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-losangeles","tag-mets","tag-neck-injury","tag-recent-recovery-progress","tag-return","tag-right-hander-chayce-mcdermott","tag-team","tag-trade-deadline-deal","tag-will-smith"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117033248191700718","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=978488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/978489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=978488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=978488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=978488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}