Dodgers swap Chris Reed to Miami for minor-league pitcher Grant Dayton.

In a swap of minor league pitchers, the Dodgers acquired left-hander Grant Dayton from the Miami Marlins in exchange for left-hander Chris Reed on Wednesday. Neither player was on his team’s 40-man roster at the time of the trade.

Dayton was 2-1 with a 2.83 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 25 games for Triple-A New Orleans this season. The 27-year-old pitcher was selected by the Marlins in the 11th round of the 2010 first-year player draft.

Dayton will report to Triple-A Oklahoma City.

Reed had been designated for assignment last Friday.

Dodgers claim Preston Guilmet, desginate Chris Reed for assignment.

Preston Guilmet

The Dodgers claimed right-handed pitcher Preston Guilmet off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays and designated Chris Reed for assignment. (Getty Images)

Chris Reed had already made a name for himself in California before the Dodgers drafted the left-handed pitcher 16th overall in 2011. He was a star at Cleveland High School in Reseda, then at Stanford University.

Being a first-round draft pick always comes with pressure. In Reed’s case, 11 of the 15 players drafted ahead of him have reached the major leagues. That list includes Gerrit Cole, Anthony Rendon, George Springer and Jose Fernandez. Among those the Dodgers passed on: Joe Panik, Kolten Wong and Mookie Betts. These are the players Reed will inevitably be compared to, fairly or unfairly.

On Friday the Dodgers designated Reed for assignment and claimed pitcher Preston Guilmet off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays.
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Dodgers spring training 2015: Contracts signed, and identifying The Story of camp.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Someone asked me today what (or who) is the “story of camp.” There might be a few contenders, and I’ll get to those in a minute.

Something every club is trying to square away this time of year is its contracts with players who have 0 to 3 years’ service time. I’m told the Dodgers have finalized those, though I’m not sure when the ink dried on the last of them.

Seventeen players on the Dodgers’ 40-man roster fall into this group:

Yasmani Grandal, Paco Rodriguez, Scott Van Slyke, Chris Hatcher, Chris Withrow, Pedro Baez, Austin Barnes, Mike Bolsinger, Daniel Coulombe, Carlos Frias, Yimi Garcia, Kike Hernandez, Zach Lee, Adam Liberatore, Joc Pederson, Chris Reed and Scott Schebler.

They’re all under contract now. This isn’t the story of camp, but it’s something we get to report this time every year.

So what is the story of camp? Here are the early contenders:
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Dodgers reveal new player uniform numbers.

The Dodgers revealed uniform numbers for a number of their new acquisitions on Tuesday. The suspense probably wasn’t killing you for Jimmy Rollins or Howie Kendrick, who already had jersey-unveiling ceremonies at Dodger Stadium. Here are the rest:

Yasmani Grandal 9
Jimmy Rollins 11
Juan Nicasio 12
Kiké Hernandez 14
Chris Heisey 28
Joc Pederson 31
Brett Anderson 35
Adam Liberatore 36
Brandon McCarthy 38
Chris Hatcher 41
Joe Wieland 45
Mike Bolsinger 46
Howie Kendrick 47
Zach Lee 51
Joel Peralta 62
Austin Barnes 65
Chris Reed 67
Scott Schebler 83

A couple notes on these:
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Update: 27 Dodgers prospects will participate in winter development camp.

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Twenty-seven prospects will invade Dodger Stadium this week for the club’s annual winter development camp. (Associated Press photo)

Eighteen-year-old pitching prospect Julio Urias, who was invited to his first major league spring training last week, will take part in the Dodgers’ winter development camp for prospects this week at Dodger Stadium.

Urias is one of 27 prospects who will take part in this year’s camp, up from 15 a year ago. Earlier today we posted a partial list of four prospects who will take part in the eighth annual camp (Grant Holmes, Jose De Leon, Cody Bellinger, Ryan Scott).

The other 23 participants include pitcher Zach Lee, who also took part in last year’s camp and spent all season at Triple-A. Pitchers Carlos Frias and Daniel Coulombe, who earned their first major league call-ups last September, have also been invited. Another pitcher of note is Ross Stripling, who underwent Tommy John surgery in spring training of last year.

Catcher Austin Barnes, who was acquired in the trade that sent Dee Gordon and Dan Haren to the Miami Marlins, will take part in the camp. So will outfielders Scott Schebler and Darnell Sweeney, who will be in the Dodgers’ major league spring training camp.

Urias isn’t even the youngest invitee. That would be Michael Medina, an outfielder from the Dominican Republic who is 12 days younger than Urias. He finished last season with the Rookie-league AZL Dodgers.

Shortstop prospect Corey Seager, 20, was invited to spring training but was not invited to the camp.

Here’s the full list, via DodgerInsider.com:
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