The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Nick Ahmed and designated Ricky Vanasco for assignment in order to make room on their 40-man roster.
Ahmed is active with the Dodgers on Wednesday night as he takes the place of Miguel Rojas, who went on the 10-day injured list due to right forearm tightness.
Vanasco is the second pitcher to be DFA’d for the Dodgers this week as they face an impending roster crunch. James Paxton was first to suffer that fate, as the Dodgers needed to make room on their active and 40-man rosters for River Ryan to come up for his MLB debut.
Vanasco appeared in just two games for the Dodgers, once in April and more recently in July. Vanasco’s first appearance was two scoreless innings against the Washington Nationals in his MLB debut, and he then allowed three runs to the Detroit Tigers earlier this month.
Vanasco was optioned back to Triple-A Oklahoma City on July 14 as a corresponding move to Brent Honeywell joining the team after he was claimed off waivers.
In 24 games for the Oklahoma City Baseball Club, Vanasco is 0-2 with five saves, a 3.47 ERA and 1.71 WHIP. He originally joined the Dodgers last year in a trade with the Texas Rangers.
Vanasco was designated for assignment shortly after but cleared waivers and was sent outright to Oklahoma City. He became a free agent after the season and re-signed with the Dodgers on a Major League deal that added him to their 40-man roster.
Nick Ahmed on Dodgers roster
Ahmed signed a Major League contract with the Dodgers after getting designated for assignment by the San Francisco Giants and subsequently released upon clearing waivers.
The Giants elected for a changing of the guard at shortstop this season as they didn’t re-sign Brandon Crawford in order to provide opportunities to Marco Luciano and Casey Schmitt. San Francisco additionally signed Ahmed to a Minor League contract as a backup option but he won the starting job out of Spring Training.
Ahmed hit .232/.278/.303 with six doubles, one home run and 15 RBI over 51 games (50 starts) for the Giants. His salary for the 2024 season reportedly is $1.5 million.
Prior to this season, Ahmed was a fixture on the Arizona Diamondbacks for 10 years and historically fared well against the Dodgers.
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