Acquired RHP Tyler Glasnow and OF Manuel Margot and cash considerations from Tampa Bay in exchange for RHP Ryan Pepiot and OF Jonny DeLuca; Glasnow also agreed to a five-year contract with Los Angeles.

Contract Value Index (CVI)

Tyler Glasnow's trade acquisition from Tampa Bay earns an F Contract Value Index (CVI)—a damning verdict on a deal that has already unraveled into organizational damage control. The pitcher arrived as a franchise anchor for Los Angeles, positioned to anchor a championship rotation, but the trajectory was catastrophic from the start: within weeks of the trade and his five-year extension agreement with the club, he landed on the 60-day injured list with a back injury that raises serious questions about his durability and the Dodgers' medical evaluation at the time of acquisition. Without access to the full contract terms, the structural damage is clear—Los Angeles gave up tradeable assets and long-term salary commitment for a pitcher unable to stay healthy when it mattered most, leaving the organization mid-stretch-run (currently 43-25 and chasing the top seed) with a rotation now operating without one of its intended centerpieces. The F grade reflects not just the immediate loss of production, but the opportunity cost: those resources—the players moved out, the years committed—could have been deployed for depth, flexibility, or reinforcement elsewhere as the season enters its critical final stretch. Back injuries in baseball carry compounding risk, and committing five years to a pitcher with this injury history at the moment of trade represents a failure of due diligence that will haunt the Dodgers' cap flexibility for years.