Outfielder Taylor Trammell, who was designated for task by the Dodgers on Tuesday, was claimed off waivers by the Yankees on Thursday.
The Trammell-hunting Dodgers on Tuesday opened an energetic roster spot for Andy Pages to make his main league debut, and opened a 40-man spot for pitcher Eduardo Salazar, who was referred to as up from Triple-A Oklahoma Metropolis.
Trammell was designated for task by the Mariners on March 28 to make their Opening Day roster, and the Dodgers claimed him off waivers on April 2. He was added to the energetic roster a day later when Jason Heyward landed on the injured checklist with a again harm. strictness
The Dodgers thought Heyward's IL stint could be a brief one, and the lefty Trammell was added as a short lived addition to an outfield group that additionally included Chris Taylor and Kiké Hernández, each right-handed hitters. However Heyward hasn't progressed properly with again tightness, having already missed two and a half weeks. So the Dodgers referred to as up Pages to get common taking part in time within the area.
“The impetus for it was that Jason was down, and we didn't actually know his timeline,” supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned Tuesday. “Simply give Andy a clue. What which means, I don't know, however a few weeks is definitely 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.”
Within the 11 video games by which he was energetic with the Dodgers, Trammell began solely as soon as in left area. He performed 5 video games in whole, going hitless in six at-bats with three strikeouts. Trammell performed 10 innings in left area and two innings in proper area.
Trammell, a 26-year-old three-time former consensus top-100 prospect who was drafted within the first spherical in 2016 by the Reds, performed components of 4 seasons within the majors with the Mariners and Dodgers, hitting .165 / .266/.361 with a 79 wRC+ and 15 house runs and 133 strikeouts in 357 plate appearances in 121 video games.