LOS ANGELES — Among the more than 40,000 World Series championship rings the Dodgers handed out to visitors on Monday, one was the real thing.

On Mookie Betts ring give-away night, Gavin Lux received his official diamond-studded championship jewelry before the start of a three-game series against the Cincinnati Reds.

Lux’s Dodgers tenure ended when he was traded to the Reds in January for minor-league outfielder Mike Sirota and a competitive balance-round draft pick the club turned into Arkansas outfielder Charles Davalan.

The Dodgers already have seen Lux once this season, during a late July series in Cincinnati, but they wanted to honor their former player in front of the home fans, delaying his ring presentation until Monday.

Lux’s former teammates met him behind home plate in appre

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