NL West leaders add Granderson

The Dodgers acquired outfielder Curtis Granderson and cash from the Mets for a player to be named later or cash.

The teams announced the deal after their games Friday night. The 36-year-old Granderson is hitting .228 with 19 home runs and 52 RBIs this year.

The Dodgers are running away with the National League West. They led the second-place Rockies by 19 games after Friday night’s 8-5 win over the Tigers, which improved the Dodgers’ record to a major-league-best 86-34.

Granderson gives the Dodgers another option for the outfield along with Cody Bellinger, Yasiel Puig and Chris Taylor. Another outfielder, former All-Star Joc Pederson, was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City to make room for Granderson.

Pederson has been struggling quite a bit of late and is hitting just .149 since the All-Star break. In 87 games this season, he is batting .215 with 11 homers and 33 RBIs.

This is Granderson’s fourth team as he started with the Tigers, then went to Yankees. He signed a four-year, $60 million contract with the Mets before the 2014 season.

Granderson hit 95 home runs — including a grand slam in his final at-bat — for the Mets in 573 games and was part of the team that won the NL pennant in 2015. He hit three home runs in the World Series.

Granderson said he had mixed emotions about the trade.

“I was excited, looking forward to the rest of the season,” he said. “This changes some things up a little bit for me, but (I’m) still going to come out ready to play.

“I’m going to try my best to help that team just like I was trying my best to help this team. (I’m) looking forward to it.”