Here are the day’s minor moves from around baseball…
- The Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball announced Tuesday that they’ve signed former Dodgers farmhand O’Koyea Dickson (English link via the Japan Times). Dickson, 27, made his Major League debut with the Dodgers in 2017 but went hitless in seven trips to the plate. However, he’s compiled a solid .275/.341/.499 batting line with 55 homers and 77 doubles in 1255 plate appearances across parts of three Triple-A seasons. Dickson has played primarily first base in the minors (3230 innings), but he also comes with nearly 1200 innings of experience in left field. The Eagles announced him as an outfielder, so it seems that’s how he’ll be viewed in his first year of action overseas.
Dickson isn’t a very good first baseman, but a gold glover compared to his abysmal OF defense. DH is his only position.
There is an incorrect fact here. Dickson didn’t go hitless, he collected one hit in seven at-bats.