Travis, we hardly knew ye.
After just shy of a week in the Dodgers‘ organization, Travis d’Arnaud today was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays for cash considerations.
The 30-year-old catcher had one at-bat with the Dodgers. It came Thursday night as a pinch hitter against the Washington Nationals, in which he grounded out. d’Arnaud, a Lakewood High School alumnus, had previously been with the New York Mets but was released from his contract last week. The Rays have seen two of their catchers hit the disabled list, leading them to look for a full-in catcher.
The motive for the Dodgers acquiring d’Arnaud off waivers initially still remains completely unclear.
Rocky Gale was recalled from Oklahoma City to fill the roster spot. He has previously appeared in four games for the Dodgers so far this season, going only 2-for-14 with seven strikeouts.
Today the Dodgers also traded outfielder Paulo Orlando to the Chicago White Sox for additional cash considerations. Orlando departed from OKC where he had a .211 batting average and .394 slugging.
At the end of the day, at least there’s a little more money in the bank account.
Friday night’s lineup vs. righty Anibal Sanchez:
- Pederson LF
- Muncy 3B
- Bellinger RF
- Freese 1B
- Seager SS
- Verdugo CF
- Taylor 2B
- Barnes C
- Maeda P
Think Blue Planning Committee 
This just in: the cash considerations we got for d’Arnaud is the cost of cleaning his uni for the one time he got into a game. That coupled with the large amount we got for Paulo Orlando earlier today should allow us to extend both Seager and Bellinger and possibly Buehler.
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Well I guess the question I have to ask myself is do I still think Maeda should go to the pen and bring Stripling back as a starter? Maybe Doc and AF do,know a little bit more than I do!
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I think Andy figured out d’Arnaud made no sense here. Moves like that make me wonder if he has Lakeritis disease, but then I look at the standings.
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I don’t get why they bring Gale up. He has no bat!
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I think it’s a one at bat audition so they can then trade him to the Rays to back up d’Arnaud.
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