Outfielder Taylor Trammell, who was designated for assignment by the Dodgers on Tuesday, was claimed off waivers by the Yankees on Thursday.
The Dodgers in jettisoning Trammell on Tuesday opened an active roster spot for Andy Pages to make his major league debut, and opened a 40-man roster spot for pitcher Eduardo Salazar, who was called up from Triple-A Oklahoma City.
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Trammell was designated for assignment by the Mariners on March 28 in setting their opening day roster, and the Dodgers claimed him off waivers on April 2. He was added to the active roster one day later when Jason Heyward landed on the injured list with lower back tightness.
The Dodgers figured Heyward’s IL stint would be a short one, and the left-handed Trammell was added as a temporary addition to an outfield group that also includes Chris Taylor and Kiké Hernández, both right-handed batters. But Heyward hasn’t progressed well with his back tightness, having already missed two and a half weeks. So the Dodgers called up Pages to get regular playing time in the outfield.
“The impetus for this was Jason being down, and we just don’t really know his timeline,” manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday. “It just gives Andy a runway. What that means, I don’t know, but a couple of weeks is certainly fair. And I’ll try to get him in there as much as we can to see what we have in him.”
In the 11 games in which he was active with the Dodgers, Trammell only started once in left field. He played five games in total, going hitless in six at-bats with three strikeouts. Trammell played 10 innings in left field and two innings in right field.
Trammell, a 26-year-old three-time former consensus top-100 prospect who was drafted in the first round in 2016 by the Reds, has played in parts of four seasons in the majors with the Mariners and Dodgers, hitting .165/.266/.361 with a 79 wRC+ and 15 home runs and 133 strikeouts in 357 plate appearances over 121 games.
