The Dodgers designated shortstop Nick Ahmed for task and optioned rookie outfielder Andy Pages to Triple-A Oklahoma Metropolis this night. The transfer opened spots on the main league roster for Max Muncy and Tommy Edman, each of whom have returned from the 60-day injured listing. Ahmed’s DFA opened one spot on the 40-man roster, whereas the Dodgers transferred River Ryan to the 60-day IL to create an extra spot. Ryan underwent Tommy John surgical procedure and is finished for the season. Los Angeles additionally recalled catcher Hunter Feduccia and positioned veteran backup Austin Barnes on the 10-day injured listing with a toe fracture.
Ahmed signed with the Dodgers a month in the past. With Mookie Betts and Miguel Rojas out on the time, Los Angeles added Ahmed immediately onto the main league roster. The defensive stalwart began 14 video games at shortstop. He continued to offer defensive worth however didn’t produce a lot offensively. Whereas Ahmed hit a go-around house run to assist beat the Giants (his former crew) early in his Dodger tenure, he in the end hit simply .229/.245/.292 in 49 journeys to the plate.
Between San Francisco and L.A., Ahmed carries a .232/.271/.300 batting line via 221 plate appearances. Whereas he has by no means been an enormous offensive menace, Ahmed has notably struggled on the dish during the last two seasons. The 2-time Gold Glove winner stays a powerful defender, however the lack of firepower on the plate has squeezed him off a trio of rosters inside the previous two seasons. The Dodgers have welcomed Betts and Rojas again in current weeks. Even with Betts returning to the outfield, they had been snug sufficient with their infield depth to waive deadline pickup Amed Rosario after 5 video games.
Los Angeles now provides two extra infield-capable gamers in Muncy and Edman. The previous ought to return to his on a regular basis work at third base, shifting Enrique Hernández again right into a utility position. Muncy has been out for 3 months after struggling an indirect pressure that proved extra important than the crew initially anticipated. The ability-hitting infielder was out to a .223/.323/.475 begin to the season.
Edman is a flexible defender who can play basically anyplace except for catcher. He has spent all the 2024 marketing campaign on the injured listing. Edman underwent postseason surgical procedure on his proper wrist whereas he was a member of the Cardinals. St. Louis hoped he’d be prepared round Opening Day, but a a lot slower restoration course of saved him from even happening a rehab task till mid-July. The Dodgers nonetheless acquired Edman alongside Michael Kopech in a three-team commerce that was one of many greatest strikes of deadline season. St. Louis landed Erick Fedde and Tommy Pham from Chicago, who centered their return round Miguel Vargas from Los Angeles.
The Stanford product is now set for his Dodger debut. Supervisor Dave Roberts advised reporters final week that Edman will get the majority of his work in heart subject (X hyperlink through Fabian Ardaya of the Athletic). A center infielder by commerce, Edman had by no means began a serious league recreation in heart till final season. The Playing cards gave him 310 2/3 innings there and had been rewarded with sturdy defensive grades — which has been a theme for Edman regardless of the place he’s performed — in that comparatively restricted pattern.
Plugging Edman into the outfield squeezes Pages off the MLB roster for now. The 23-year-old has had an honest if unexceptional rookie season, hitting .246/.305/.388 throughout 394 journeys to the plate. Kevin Kiermaier ought to transfer right into a fourth outfield capability whereas Pages will get on a regular basis enjoying time for a pair weeks in OKC. Reporter Francys Romero tweets that the Dodgers are more likely to recall the Cuban-born outfielder as soon as lively rosters broaden to twenty-eight gamers on September 1.
Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Instances first noticed that Pages and Ahmed had been being despatched out.
