The Dodgers acquired Sweeney from the Yankees on Monday in exchange for left-hander Victor Gonzalez and infielder Jorbit Vivas, Alden Gonzalez of ESPN.com reports.
Los Angeles has a full 40-man roster and needed to clear spots for free-agent pickups Shohei Ohtani and Joe Kelly, so the team will move on from Gonzalez and Vivas and take back a non-40-man prospect in Sweeney. A 23-year-old shortstop who was a first-round draft pick in 2021, Sweeney spent the entire 2023 season at Double-A Somerset, with whom he slashed .252/.367/.411 with 13 home runs and 20 stolen bases across 472 plate appearances. Sweeney will likely get his first taste of the Triple-A level in 2024 as he moves on to a new organization.
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Yankees' Trey Sweeney: Advances to Double-A
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The Yankees promoted Sweeney from High-A Hudson Valley to Double-A Somerset on Tuesday.
Sweeney will essentially be filling the roster spot vacated by top Yankees shortstop prospect Anthony Volpe, who was advanced to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre last Friday. A 2021 first-round pick, Sweeney has thus far spent his entire second professional season at Hudson Valley, with whom he slashed .241/.350/.415 with 14 home runs and 29 stolen bases over 457 plate appearances.
Sweeney (lower body) was activated from the 7-day injured list Tuesday and returned to action Wednesday for High-A Hudson Valley, starting at shortstop in the club's 5-3 win over Wilmington while going 0-for-2 with a walk and a run.
Sweeney was sidelined for about a week and a half due to the lower-body injury. The 2021 first-round pick has appeared in eight games so far this season for Hudson Valley, contributing a .235/.333/.500 slash line.
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Yankees' Trey Sweeney: Shut down with lower-half injury
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High-A Hudson Valley placed Sweeney on its 7-day injured list Tuesday with lower-half tightness.
Sweeney's move to the IL is described as precautionary, so he could be in store for a near-minimum-length stay on the shelf. Before being deactivated, the 21-year-old saw action in seven games for Hudson Valley and hit .250 with four extra-base hits and a stolen base across 36 plate appearances.
