The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have completed a three-team trade with the Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers by acquiring top-rated American League starting pitcher Erick Fedde and former Cardinals outfielder Tommy Pham from the White Sox, while utility player Tommy Edman and minor league right-handed pitcher Oliver Gonzalez were sent to the Dodgers.
The Cardinals will also receive a player to be named later from the Dodgers and cash considerations from the White Sox.
Fedde, 31, currently ranks 2nd in the majors in bWAR among pitchers (4.6) to the Detroit Tigers Tarik Skubal (5.3) and ranks among AL leaders in winning pct. (.636), ERA (3.11), and groundball pct. (44.4).
The 6-4, 205-pound Fedde, who is under contract thru 2025, pitched for the Washington Nationals from 2017-2022 and owns a career mark of 28-37 with a 4.92 ERA in 123 games (109 starts) in the majors.
Fedde starred in the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) last season, going 20-6 with a 2.00 ERA and became the first foreign-born player, and fourth pitcher ever, to win the Triple Crown in pitching (league leader in wins, ERA and strikeouts) and was named the KBO’s Best Pitcher and MVP.
Pham, 36, who played for the Cardinals from 2014-2018, was batting .266 with 5 HR’s and 19 RBI in 70 games with the White Sox this season. The right-handed hitting Pham is batting .366 with runners on base this season and has played all three outfield positions for the Pale Hose after getting a late start to his season.
Pham enjoyed a strong postseason showing for the Arizona Diamondbacks last season, batting .429 in the World Series, and he owns a career .313 batting mark and .846 OPS in 31 career postseason games.
Pham has a career batting mark of .259 and .780 OPS with 135 HR’s and 450 RBI in 1,075 career games in the majors with St. Louis (2014-18), Tampa Bay (2018-19), San Diego (2020-21), Cincinnati (2022), Boston (2022), New York Mets (2023), Arizona (2023) and the White Sox (2024).
The Cardinals have designated Memphis (AAA) catcher Nick Raposo for assignment to make room on their 40-player Major League roster for the additions of Fedde and Pham.
