Reports: Dodgers land Mat Latos, Michael Morse in trade with Marlins
— -- The Marlins have agreed to trade pitcher Mat Latos and first baseman Michael Morse to the Dodgers for three minor league pitchers, according to multiple reports.
The Dodgers also will receive a competitive balance pick -- the No. 34 overall selection in next year's draft -- from the Marlins as part of the trade, according to the Miami Herald.
Los Angeles will assume all of the remainder of both players' salaries, according to reports. Latos is making $9.5 million this season and is scheduled to be a free agent in 2016, while Morse is in the first year of a two-year, $16 million contract.
Latos would provide Los Angeles with a veteran No. 3 starter behind All-Stars Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke and also should fortify a Dodgers rotation that has been ravaged by injuries.
The 27-year-old Latos was traded to Miami by the Cincinnati Reds this past offseason and has gone 4-7 with a 4.48 ERA in 16 starts with the Marlins.
But the right-hander has posted a 2.96 ERA in seven starts since returning from the disabled list in early June and has been outstanding over his last three starts, pitching to a 1.80 ERA over that stretch.
Morse is batting .214 with four home runs and 12 RBIs in 52 games this season.
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