LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers known as up Andy Pages from Triple-A Oklahoma Metropolis on Tuesday as deliberate, and to make room for energy outfielder Taylor Trammell was designated for project.
It's a exceptional rise for Pages, who reached Triple-A in Could 2023, however tore his labrum in his first sport and missed the remainder of the season after surgical procedure.
“There's a variety of hitters that can harm their pitching arm, and it impacts their swing significantly. So for him to bounce again clearly speaks to how a lot dedication he's put into the rehab course of,” supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned Tuesday. “He's in nearly as good a form as he's ever been, and he's completed a variety of work. It's a pleasing shock.”
After a powerful spring coaching this yr, Pages hit .371/.452/.694 with 5 residence runs in 15 video games.
“He's obtained extra energy, and getting back from that dramatic surgical procedure he had final yr, he's simply been improbable since spring coaching,” Roberts mentioned. “An excellent defender, now we have him in middle subject tonight, and he performs rather well in proper subject.”
Pages, sporting the quantity 84, will begin in middle subject and hit seventh for his main league debut Tuesday in opposition to the Nationals. With Oklahoma Metropolis, Pages alternated between middle and proper, together with Drew Avans.
Roberts mentioned Pages can even begin Wednesday in opposition to righty Jake Irvin. With Jason Heyward anticipated to overlook extra time with again tightness, Pages will see common time within the outfield.
“The impetus for this was that Jason was down, and we didn't actually know his timeline,” Roberts mentioned Tuesday. “Simply give Andy a clue. What which means, I don't know, however a few weeks is certainly proper. And I'll attempt to put him in there as a lot as we are able to to see what now we have in him.”
Trammell performed little in his two weeks with the Dodgers after being claimed off waivers by the Mariners on April 2. The timing of the transfer matched Heyward touchdown on the injured record, however the lefty Trammell wasn't one-on-one. a substitute for the left-handed Heyward.
Roberts mentioned Tuesday that a part of the rationale the Dodgers claimed Trammell was as a result of they thought Heyward's IL stint could be shorter.
In 11 video games on the energetic roster with the Dodgers, Trammell performed in 5 video games, going hitless in six at-bats with three strikeouts. Trammell began simply as soon as regardless of the Dodgers fielding seven right-handed beginning pitchers throughout that point.
Trammell's designation for project opened a spot on the 40-man roster for pitcher Eduardo Salazar, who was known as up from Triple-A on Tuesday.
