Reports: Cards acquire RHP Erick Fedde in 3-team deal

The St. Louis Cardinals are acquiring Chicago White Sox right-hander Erick Fedde in a three-team deal that includes Tommy Edman going to the Los Angeles Dodgers, multiple outlets reported Monday.

The Dodgers are also getting RHP Michael Kopech from the White Sox in the deal, and outfielder Tommy Pham is going to St. Louis, per the reports,

The White Sox get infielder/outfielder Miguel Vargas from the Dodgers and prospects from both the Cardinals and Dodgers in the deal, per the reports.

Fedde, 31, is 7-4 with a 3.11 ERA with the White Sox, his first in Chicago. He signed a two-year deal worth $15 million with the White Sox in the offseason after playing one year in Korea.

Fedde is 28-37 with a 4.92 ERA in 123 career games (109 starts) with the Washington Nationals (2017-22) and ChiSox.

Kopech, 28, is 2-8 with a 4.74 ERA with nine saves in 43 relief appearances this season. He’s 17-33 with a 4.38 ERA in 146 career games (60 starts), all with the White Sox.

Edman, 29, has yet to appear in a game this season after undergoing right wrist surgery last October. In 596 career games, all with the Cardinals over the past five seasons, Edman is a .265 hitter with 53 home runs and 222 RBIs. He won a Gold Glove Award at second base in 2021.

Pham, 36, who began his major league career in St. Louis, is batting .266 with five home runs and 33 runs in 70 games this season. He’s a career .259 hitter.

Vargas, 24, is batting .239 with three HRs and nine RBIs in 30 games this season.

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