Dodgers News: The sensational ace Joins Mariners After Dodgers Released speech on what transpired
Cavan Biggio, a former infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers, has signed a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants per MLB transactions. This move comes after the Dodgers designated him for assignment on August 5 to make room for first baseman Freddie Freeman, who was returning from a family emergency.
Biggio, 29, will join the Giants’ Triple-A affiliate in Sacramento, marking his third organization this season. He was traded to the Dodgers from the Toronto Blue Jays on June 12 in exchange for pitching prospect Braydon Fisher and made his debut with the team the same day. During his time with the Dodgers, Biggio played in 30 games, and was slashing .192/.306/.329 with 14 hits, 11 runs, three home runs, and 10 RBIs. His last appearance for the Dodgers was on August 4, where he contributed one hit and one RBI in a 3-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics.
With Freeman back in the lineup, along with Mookie Betts and Max Muncy, the Dodgers no longer required Biggio’s depth. Before joining the Dodgers, he played 44 games for the Blue Jays this season, hitting .200 with two home runs and nine RBIs. Biggio was originally drafted by the Blue Jays in the fifth round of the 2016 MLB Draft and spent nearly four years in their minor league system, where he was named MVP of the Double-A Eastern League in 2018. Biggio made his MLB debut in May 2019 and had a strong rookie season, recording career highs in several categories. After spending four more seasons with the Blue Jays, he now finds himself with the Giants, a division rival of the Dodgers.
As the Dodgers continue to compete in a tight division race against the San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks, losing Biggio to the Giants is a setback, but it is not expected to significantly impact their chances in the NL West.
With one out in the top of the 10th inning on Saturday night against the Tampa Bay Rays, reliever Joe Kelly grooved a slider to José Caballero who lifted a two-run homer to left-center for a 9-7 lead.
The Los Angeles Dodgers scored one in the bottom half of the inning but ultimately fell to the Rays 9-8.
The hard-throwing right-hander had been on a roll, with three hitless innings in his previous three games but giving up a double and a homer left a sour taste in manager Dave Roberts’ mouth.
“His last [three appearances] were great, efficient, strike-throwing,” Roberts said of Kelly. “Today, he got the first out and left a slider middle-middle that was hit for a homer. … As far as inconsistencies, I just don’t know the answer. Sometimes he’s lights out, and other times he labors. It’s something we’ve got to dig into.”
Kelly was handed the loss and fell to 1-1 on the season with a 4.85 earned run average.
