The Blue Jays introduced they’ve traded infielder Tyler Fitzgerald to the Dodgers for money. Toronto designated him for project ultimate week. The Dodgers transferred Landon Knack to the 60-day injured listing to open a 40-man roster spot. Fitzgerald has an possibility final and shall be assigned to Triple-A Oklahoma Town.
The Louisville product didn’t seem in an MLB recreation with the Blue Jays and has but to play within the giant leagues this season. Fitzgerald opened the season on not obligatory project to Triple-A with the Giants. San Francisco designated him for project and dealt him to Toronto in early April. Fitzgerald spent every week at the Jays’ bench with out getting any recreation motion. He was once optioned out and once more DFA on Friday when the Jays traded for Willie MacIver to deepen their catching staff.
That sends Fitzgerald again to the NL West. He’d up to now spent his whole profession within the department with San Francisco. A fourth-round pick out in 2019, Fitzgerald in brief debuted 4 years later and had a pleasing rookie appearing in ’24. He hit .280/.334/.497 with 15 homers and 17 stolen bases over 96 video games. Fitzgerald’s propensity for swing-and-miss raised questions on how sustainable the ones numbers can be. The regression hit laborious ultimate 12 months, as he stumbled to a .217/.278/.327 appearing in 243 plate appearances.
Fitzgerald persisted to combat after being optioned in June. San Francisco’s signing of Luis Arraez to play 2d base necessarily spelled the top of his time within the group. Fitzgerald has struggled within the early stepping into Triple-A, hanging out 19 instances in his first 9 video games. The roster tumult most certainly hasn’t helped him determine any more or less rhythm, but the whiffs had been the primary worry all the way through his profession.
The Dodgers don’t have an excellent trail to enjoying time to be had. Alex Freeland, Hyeseong Kim, Miguel Rojas and Santiago Espinal are all at the giant league roster. Mookie Betts, Tommy Edman and Kiké Hernández are at the injured listing.
There’s minimum value for the Dodgers in including Fitzgerald as multi-positional infield intensity. Knack has been out all season with an intercostal pressure. There’s no timetable on his go back, however he’s plainly no longer going to be able sooner than the general week of Would possibly.