The Dodgers have signed outfielder Eddie Rosario to a minor league deal, in accordance with Ari Alexander of KPRC2. Rosario has been in search of a brand new group since he was launched from a earlier minors take care of the Mets again in August.
A veteran of 10 MLB seasons, Rosario’s profession spotlight sarcastically got here towards the Dodgers again in 2021, when Rosario posted an absurd 1.647 OPS over 28 plate appearances within the Braves’ NLCS conquer Los Angeles. That unbelievable efficiency earned Rosario NLCS MVP honors, and he then earned a championship ring when Atlanta topped the Astros within the World Sequence.
The Braves re-signed Rosario to a two-year, $18MM free agent deal within the aftermath of that title, although the final three seasons have been way more of a battle for the veteran. Rosario didn’t hit effectively in 2022 earlier than rebounding for a stable 21-homer marketing campaign in 2023, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient for Atlanta to train its $9MM membership choice on Rosario for the 2024 season.
He as an alternative landed in Washington, the place Rosario’s manufacturing tailed off so badly that the Nationals launched him in July, and a return to the Braves additionally didn’t restore any of the previous magic to Rosario’s bat. Rosario’s temporary stint with the Mets didn’t result in any MLB taking part in time, and so his general 2024 slash line completed at a lackluster .175/.215/.316 over 319 mixed PA with the Nationals and Braves.
There’s no danger for the Dodgers in taking a flier on Rosario to see if the 33-year-old has something left after a number of inconsistent seasons. Rosario’s probabilities of breaking camp with arguably probably the most loaded roster in baseball aren’t nice on paper, but the state of affairs may but change within the occasion of an damage, or if Rosario forces the problem with some huge Cactus League numbers. Even when he doesn’t win a spot in Los Angeles, a formidable spring would possibly assist Rosario’s probabilities of touchdown with one other group if he opts out of his minors deal earlier than the top of camp.
