The Dodgers have signed outfielder Eddie Rosario to a minor league deal, according to Ari Alexander of KPRC2. Rosario has been looking for a new team since he was released from a previous minors deal with the Mets back in August.
A veteran of 10 MLB seasons, Rosario’s career highlight ironically came against the Dodgers back in 2021, when Rosario posted an absurd 1.647 OPS over 28 plate appearances in the Braves’ NLCS triumph over Los Angeles. That incredible performance earned Rosario NLCS MVP honors, and he then earned a championship ring when Atlanta topped the Astros in the World Series.
The Braves re-signed Rosario to a two-year, $18MM free agent deal in the aftermath of that title, though the last three seasons have been much more of a struggle for the veteran. Rosario didn’t hit well in 2022 before rebounding for a solid 21-homer campaign in 2023, but it wasn’t enough for Atlanta to exercise its $9MM club option on Rosario for the 2024 season.
He instead landed in Washington, where Rosario’s production tailed off so badly that the Nationals released him in July, and a return to the Braves also didn’t restore any of the old magic to Rosario’s bat. Rosario’s brief stint with the Mets didn’t lead to any MLB playing time, and so his overall 2024 slash line finished at a lackluster .175/.215/.316 over 319 combined PA with the Nationals and Braves.
There’s no risk for the Dodgers in taking a flier on Rosario to see if the 33-year-old has anything left after multiple inconsistent seasons. Rosario’s chances of breaking camp with arguably the most loaded roster in baseball aren’t great on paper, yet the situation could yet change in the event of an injury, or if Rosario forces the issue with some big Cactus League numbers. Even if he doesn’t win a spot in Los Angeles, an impressive spring might help Rosario’s chances of landing with another team if he opts out of his minors deal before the end of camp.
I’ll be the first to make the deferred joke
Is 99% of the deal deferred if he makes the roster?
Kike’ has a pair of magic career-saving glasses ready for him.
THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN
No, it’s simple. Dodgers’ annual budget does not “roll over”, and what they do not spend, they lose the following year. Guggenheim directed Friedman to obtain either an office chair, a copier, or Eddie Rosario.
Explain that to me like I’m 5.
See Eddie run. Run, Eddie, run!
He just did.
Or he could keep the money and be a king at Burlington Coat Factory…
How much deferred?
Like the Jays did with Santander and Red Sox did with Bregman, etc.?
That is getting old and boring.
No, Eddie! Just Say No!
Breaking News: keeping in line with the Dodgers signing everyone, my two dogs have announced signing a minor league contract with the Dodgers.
Dodger Dogs? I hate to tell you what that means for their future…
Don’t you Dodgers Dawgs
“My two dogs..minor league contract”..My own two dogs are holding out for less money. Scott B. told them this is a far better way to go than signing when the teams actually have money left.
The dodgers just signed the dodgers killer! He’s one of the sole reasons the braves beat the dodgers in 2021 to advance to the world series, which also left rosario with an nlcs mvp in his trophy case!
“one of the sole reasons”
well-crafted
You got it! that’s my specialty, not making sense, and making heads explode. You get the point though, so I think I exceeded even my own expectations with that one!
And the beat goes on…. Dodgers just trolling for the comment section now 😀
Up until now I haven’t had an issue with how the Dodgers are operating and how they structure their contracts. But this move right here is the straw that broke the camel’s back. The Dodgers are ruining the league!
With you here. I was a staunch defender of the team and all of the moves they made but Rosario on a minor league deal is indefensible. How they got away with it without triggering an investigation is beyond me.
“Indefensible”…It’s a complete abomination that’s what it is.
Oh, The Humanity!
The Dodgers ruined baseball by signing a player to a minor league contact who no one wanted?
gregn213,
/s
“Who no one wanted”..Today, they’re signing Eddie Rosario and tomorrow they’re invading Europe and taking over the free world.
It’s a slippery slope that we do not want to reach. Why do so many people not see this? The Dodgers are a clear and present danger to world stability.
Mookie Uber Alles!
Good signing for the club
Can’t own the Dodgers if he IS a Dodger. Galaxy brain move right there.
This will work out great for Rosario with all the open roster spots the dodgers have
“All the open spots the Dodgers have”…Haven’t you heard?..The commish reasoned that the Dodger’s Ohtani is a two-way player, so he granted the Dodgers 5 additional roster spots.
Every other team will open the season with a 40 man roster while the Dodgers will open the season with a 45 man roster.
Insightful. Creative.
Intelligent.
Good luck to Eddie, he can showcase his skills with the Dodgers at Spring Training and maybe latch onto another club.
We’ll call this The Rosario Scenario.
At this point the Dodgers minor league team might actually be better than some MLB teams.
Probably a couple M for playing in minors.
No brainer for both. Almost no chance Rosario is on Dodgers without several injuries, but he’ll get showcased and have great hitting coaches in spring so will latch on to……………Marlins? Depth for Dodgers – great showcase for Rosario.
“But sir… we don’t have anymore roster spots”
“No, we don’t, but imagine how hilarious it would be to just keep signing people and have a secondary team in the minors that could still hold their own in the majors”
“But sir… the money… the salary tax”
“Oh don’t worry about that, the commissioner already came out and said he thinks we are great for baseball. Also the salary tax penalties are a joke, not a factor at all.”
The salary tax penalties are STEEP! They’re paying a 110% tax for every dollar over $301M.
Yeah but the problem is the salary tax only affects the teams that don’t care how much they spend… thus why it’s a horrible competitive balance strategy.
I’m expecting a big bounce back season. 30 HR and at least 90 RBI.
Aren’t you the one that’s always bashing the Angels for signing older players?
Now you’re making an outrageous prediction
We signed Rosario to a minor league deal. The Angels would have given him 10 million guaranteed.
The Dodgers are also contenders.
Come on you’re the one that said Rosario was gonna hit 30 home runs 90 RBIs have bounce back year well the Angels didn’t sign him. The Dodgers signed them.
Can’t wiggle yourself out of this one
LOL
I guess you don’t know what a joke is.
So when you’re on the Angels site-bashing Angels free agents or there old and washed up you’re just joking I’m not the type of person that goes on other teams sites. Making fun of other teams players but I see you quite a bit on the Angels Instagram site
I don’t go on the Angels Instagram and I only use this name on here.
Curious why they would want him and why he would want to sign there unless they see him as sort of a player coach in the minor leagues and he’s looking at that as a stepping stone or transition in his career. The path to the show is near impossible for him and their minors are stacked, I can’t imagine why they would let him eat up playing time instead of a player who could develop.
I wouldn’t eat the Dodger Dogs. All these old vets on minor league contracts are the new Soylent Green.
It’s people
Breaking news: The Los Angeles Dodgers will field two teams this year. There are rumors of a third team if more free agents come to terms with the team.
s/
He couldn’t hit his way out of a paper bag in Winter League and didn’t look any better in the Caribbean Series.
Watch…2025 comeback player of the year. Killin’ me.
I’m one Dodgers fan that enjoys Mickey’s posts.
I completely enjoy having them on mute.
Smart move on Rosario’s part. Nobody has wanted him since August of last year so he signs a minor league deal with a club he knows he isn’t making out of spring training. Injuries happen to every team so all it takes is him getting called up one time and getting one at bat and then he gets another World Series ring.
Eddie Rosario is an avid MLB trade rumors reader and 80% of you on here have acted like the Dodgers have already won the World Series in 2025 so you can’t blame Rosario for wanting another ring.
Your post implies Rosario had other offers. Not likely.
Hi Eddie!
Utterly pointless, just in case the 11th and 12th positions on the OF depth chart suddenly pull up with strained obliques?? I mean, what is the overall goddamn point?
Eddie is just using the Dodgers as a showcase for other teams. If he does well in Spring Training, another team can come to him with an MLB deal and a roster spot.
Dam Dodgers‼️They get all the players‼️
S/ alert
Good luck Eddie! We will always appreciate your 2021 post season!
Just because ‼️
Insert angry face
IL security, Plan D signing, right here! Welcome to the Japan Deferrals, Coño!
Watch him turn into an All-Star
Looked great in the Caribbean Series. Wouldn’t be surprised if he started off hot in spring training/April
Crucial as the Didgers were woefully shorthanded until this
Hi Eddie