The Dodgers announced a series of roster moves in advance of tonight’s matchup with the Nationals. Los Angeles confirmed their previously reported selection of reliever Eduardo Salazar and recalls of righty Kyle Hurt and outfielder Andy Pages. To create spots on the roster, the Dodgers optioned relievers Ricky Vanasco and Nick Ramirez and designated outfielder Taylor Trammell for assignment. The latter move clears the necessary 40-man roster spot for Salazar.
Trammell only spent two weeks on the L.A. roster. The Dodgers claimed him off waivers from the Mariners on April 2. He barely played, going hitless with three strikeouts in six plate appearances. Trammell appeared in five games but only got one start. As an out-of-options player who was clearly relegated to a depth role, his spot in the organization was tenuous. Pages, one of the organization’s top prospects, will step into the vacated outfield spot.
The 26-year-old Trammell was once a top minor league talent himself. The 35th overall pick in the 2016 draft by the Reds, he was twice involved in significant trades. He went to the Padres in a 2019 deadline deal and was flipped to the Mariners the following season. Trammell debuted with the M’s in 2021 and spent parts of three years in Seattle, but he never hit at the level the Mariners had envisioned.
In 351 plate appearances, the lefty hitter turned in a .168/.270/.368 slash. He drew a decent number of walks and hit 15 homers in 121 games, but he hasn’t made consistent contact. Trammell has gone down on strikes at an untenable 37.3% clip against big league pitching. That has now squeezed him off a pair of rosters.
The Dodgers have a week to trade Trammell or put him on waivers. Los Angeles was near the bottom of the waiver priority when they successfully claimed him a couple weeks ago, so they may be able to get him through the wire unclaimed. If another team does take a flier on Trammell, they’d have to keep him on the MLB team or designate him for assignment themselves.
That Caleb Feguson trade not looking very good these days.
Ferguson was traded because he was out of options
He’s still out of options, so, nothing has changed
and he would have been a better option than Vesia.
HS
Someone had to be dumb enough to say it. So, thanks
Maybe, but you can trade a quarter for more than you can trade a penny for
Summary: Dodgers Sacrifice Taylor Trammell to Baseball Gods for Better Bullpen
Vanasco and Ramirez could not have done much better in their last appearances. Hope Hurt and Salazar do as well as they did!
No doubt Vanasco and Ramirez will be back
he lasted 24 hours longer than I thought he would
Trammell is the first ex-Mariner who hasn’t exploded offensively since leaving Seattle lately. Has anyone noticed what Jesse Winker is doing????
To be honest Trammell was never really all that good to begin with.
Can – Just last night before the game he was interviewed for a long time by the Dodgers pregame crew, heaping a ton of praise on him for his letter in 2020 and telling him he’s gonna be a great player just like Justin Turner.
Without ever hearing him before, he really won me over …. such a great kid, and he was so very happy. I hope he catches on somewhere soon.
c’mon Trammell is the BEST .165 hitter in MLB.
Hits for power (good source for HR and doubles) when he is able to get the ball to hit his bat.
His whiffs generate tremendous wind velocity he alone can help climate change just need to hook up his bat to a power source to save it.
Don’t forget Kelenic.
Kelenic, Teo Hernandez, Jesse Winker, Eugenio Suarez…
Well, let’s revisit that at the end of the year. JK starts out hot, then tails off. With Winker as long as things are going well, so does he. Otherwise he just seems to lose interest. Murph isn’t exactly tearing it up. Still I wish all ex M’s well!
Probably alan Trammell’s most successful son
I presume adopted?
also the son who visited tanning booth so often, or was it the wife getting it from the side.
why’d they send crismatt down so swiftly, they are nuts with the transactions
See ya Trammell. We hardly knew ya
I would like to see MLB change how a player is handled when they are claimed. Create a minimum amount of time you can be with an organization. Also, create a pay structure to support the players inconvenience.
What the Dodgers do is not cool for the players involved, it’s abuse of these players.
Yeah giving them prorated MLB pay for each day on the roster has to drive those players to file a grievance.
These guys stay with the team for a week and then they toss them in the waste bin.
He can’t hit. If he was successful he’d still be on the team. That’s the game, if you can’t perform, the team should move on.
“They toss them in the waste bin”..
sports is a tough, cruel, results-oriented business that’s not for everyone. In the Hollywood movie business, when you’re not selling tickets, creating buzz or grabbing eyeballs they toss you aside in favor of someone else. That’s the way the real world works; produce or get tossed aside. There’s no “participation trophies” in sports, acting or the real world.
Are you a 12 year old? It is what it is. That’s life. If the player can’t handle it, there are plenty of other jobs out there. But the reality and irony are these poor fellas are actually living the dream….
VSDF
Every team does it
Someone was just bragging in a thread about the Orioles about how they use the last two 40-player roster spots
But, sure, I support changing the rules to benefit the players
i always thought andy’s last name was pronounced as its written, pages (like pages from a book) but his last name is actually pronounced pa-jes. he’s cuban, makes sense now lol
To go down that rabbit hole one step further, “pah-yez”
Ah ok
I heard announcer say pa-jes
In any event welcome to the big leagues andy
AJ Preller lost another one!
/s