CHICAGO – The Chicago White Sox have acquired minor-league right-handed pitchers Aldrín Batista and Máximo Martínez from the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for international slot money.
Batista, 20, is 3-1 with a 3.46 ERA (15 ER/39.0 IP) and 54 strikeouts (12.5 SO/9.0 IP) in 10 games (seven starts) in 2023 with Arizona Complex League Dodgers. He leads the ACL in strikeouts, ranks second in ERA and WHIP (1.23), fourth in opponents average (.237) and eighth in IP.
Batista, a 6-foot-2, 185-pound native of Azúa, Dominican Republic, originally was signed by the Dodgers as an international free agent on July 5, 2021.
Martínez, 19, is 0-0 with a 4.73 ERA (14 ER/26.2 IP) and 28 strikeouts over nine games (five starts) this season with the ACL Dodgers. He has allowed one or no earned runs over 3.0-plus IP in six of his nine outings.
Martínez, a 6-foot-2, 185-pound native of Caracas, Venezuela, originally was signed by the Dodgers as an international free agent on January 15, 2021.