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Dodger Blue > Dodgers News > Dodgers Hopeful Time With Triple-A Oklahoma City Will Benefit J.T. Chargois As It Did Scott Alexander
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Dodgers Hopeful Time With Triple-A Oklahoma City Will Benefit J.T. Chargois As It Did Scott Alexander

Matthew Moreno
May 24, 2018
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The Los Angeles Dodgers swapped relievers in their bullpen before Wednesday’s series finale against the Colorado Rockies, recalling Edward Paredes and optioning J.T. Chargois to Triple-A Oklahoma City.

After being claimed off waivers from the Minnesota Twins in February, Chargois had an encouraging Spring Training and began the season on the Dodgers’ Opening Day roster. The roster move marked his first time this year being sent to the Minors.

Los Angeles has made a habit of finding reclamation projects and turning them to gold. Over recent seasons they’ve done so with Joe Blanton, Tony Cingrani, Brandon Morrow and Tony Watson.

Chargois and Tom Koehler were prime candidates to be next in line. But Koehler suffered a shoulder injury and has yet to pitch this season, and Chargois battled bouts of inconsistency.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts explained what influenced the club to send Chargois to Oklahoma City, via SportsNet LA:

“For Chargois, it was more of just trying to clean some things up with the delivery. The slider has been inconsistent. He’s definitely part of the solution but to kind of get him out of the everyday fire, or whatever it is of trying to perform up, give him a chance to catch his breath a little bit.”

The situation is similar to one Scott Alexander went through, and Roberts is hopeful for a repeat scenario:

“Similar results, hopefully. I think Scott didn’t have command of his sinker so we had to get him out of there, work on throwing some ‘pens, get right, get back and after catching his breath, be successful. So that’s what happened with Scott, and that’s our hope with J.T.”

Roberts went on to clarify that Chargois is not fatigued but rather needs to work on the command of his fastball and slider. The right-hander has 23 strikeouts in 17 innings pitched, but has also issued 12 walks. He’s appeared in 20 games, going 2-1 with a 4.76 ERA and 1.71 WHIP.

For comparison, Alexander sported a 6.35 ERA and had more walks (nine) than strikeouts (seven) across 11.1 innings pitched before he was sent down to OKC. He’s collected six strikeouts against two walks while allowing just one hit over five shutout innings since returning.

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ByMatthew Moreno
Matthew Moreno is a journalist from Whittier, Calif., who is a credentialed reporter and is currently the Executive Editor of DodgerBlue.com and LakersNation.com. In addition to covering Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angels Lakers, Matthew has a strong passion for keeping up to date with the sneakerhead culture. It began with Michael Jordan and Air Jordan shoes, and has carried over to Kobe Bryant's signature line with Nike. Matthew previously was the lead editor and digital strategist at Dodgers Nation, and the co-editor and lead writer at Reign of Troy, where he covered USC Trojans Football. Matthew graduated from California State Long Beach University with a major in journalism and minor in communications. Contact: matt@mediumlargela.com
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