The Dodgers signed infielder Alan Trejo to a minor league contract and assigned him to Triple-A Oklahoma City, tweets Triple-A broadcaster Alex Freedman. Dodgers Daily first reported last night (on X) that the L.A. native had agreed to a minor league contract with Los Angeles.
Trejo, 28, became a free agent after being designated for assignment by the Rockies last week. A former 16th round pick by Colorado out of San Diego State, he changes organizations for the first time in his career. Trejo cracked the MLB roster for the first time early in the 2021 season. He has appeared in each of the last four seasons, working mostly in a utility capacity. He logged his most significant action a year ago, hitting .232/.288/.343 over 82 contests.
A right-handed hitter, Trejo has never been a huge offensive threat. He owns a .228/.276/.334 line in 469 MLB plate appearances. That includes a .143/.182/.143 slash with 15 strikeouts and two walks through 28 games this year. He has slightly above-average grades for his defensive work at second and third base, however. Trejo also has 263 1/3 frames of shortstop experience, where public metrics have rated him a bit below average.
The ability to play competent or better defense throughout the infield appeals to a Dodger team that’s currently without Mookie Betts and Max Muncy. The Dodgers have pushed Miguel Rojas into regular shortstop work. Cavan Biggio, Chris Taylor and Enrique Hernández are multi-positional options who are picking up work at third base. Gavin Lux remains the starter at second base despite a .221/.270/.301 showing on the year. Trejo doesn’t provide much more of an offensive ceiling, but he’s an experienced option who can cover at all three positions.
Miguel Vargas and Chris Taylor for Manning and Baez, with Tigers eating a big chunk of salary. Baez can play SS, 2B and 3B and his defense and speed are still decent. And…then we Tigers fans don’t ever have to watch him play in Detroit again!
Taylor has a better OPS. That seems like a bad trade for the Dodgers.
I’d trade Taylor for a plate of nachos.
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I’m sure the Tigers would include that.
CT3 had a .278/.333/.528 in June. Screw your nachos.
Okay we will give YOU tbe nachos and Baez in return for the empty plate when you are done.
No way that the Dodgers make this move. Baez is not even an upgrade over Rojas given how bad he’s been at the plate last 2+ years. And even if you eat a chunk of that contract it’s a bad deal. Vargas still has some upside with his bat and CT3 is still a good bench option after a terrible start. CT3 only has one more year in that bad contract. Why accumulate two extra years of bad contract in Baez?
Dodgers should focus on a top end SP. They have quantity right now but not necessarily quality or health (see Yamamoto, Buehler, Paxton, Miller, and potentially Kershaw and Glasnow).
Bullpen arm is next in the pecking order given the aging/health of bullpen.
Bottom of lineup help third priority and less of a concern. Bigger picture view, they have Muncy and Betts coming back which should solidify the lineup.
The Tigers have Flaherty (depending on his back) and good bullpen options like Foley. Everyone might be gunshy after the Erod debacle last year though, even if this is more straightforward. Trade deadline should be interesting.
No one is taking Baez until Detroit DFAs him later this year hopefully.
A little IF depth never hurt anyone
wRC+ of -22? Definitely not a run creator and provides okay defense. Definitely a minor league fodder.
He’s a big leaguer, but a utility player. Not a super utility, the old-fashioned utility player. The guy that holds down the bench and plays once a week at any number of different positions. Honestly, I am surprised he got signed. I figured he would be off to the Mexican League. Good for him.
How about Reace Olson, Andy Ibanez to LA ?
Trejo is an LA kid. But it doesn’t count as going home if they send you to Oklahoma City.
When they tell you to never come back, that counts as going home.
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