Dodgers send Puig to minors to make room for newcomers, Yasiel Puig's active career took addition about-face if the Los Angeles Dodgers beatific the outfielder to the amateur a day afterwards they couldn't move him afore the non-waiver barter deadline.
The Dodgers aswell optioned bullpen Ross Stripling to Triple-A Oklahoma City to accomplish allowance for their new additions, outfielder Josh Reddick and analgesic Jesse Chavez.
Los Angeles told Puig not to appear to Dodger Stadium on Monday advanced of the team's cruise to Colorado for a alternation adjoin the Rockies. Puig complied, and now he has 72 hours to address to the minors.
''The abstruse move is a appellation for the purposes of accepting alternative waivers,'' Dodgers accepted administrator Farhan Zaidi said. ''He has not been assigned yet, but our apprehension is that he will be assigned to Oklahoma City on Thursday. He will accept 72 hours to report, so we apprehend him to be there by this weekend.''
The Dodgers acquired Reddick and left-hander Rich Hill from Oakland on Monday, as able-bodied as Chavez from Toronto. Hill is on the 15-day disabled account with a abscess on his casting hand.
Reddick was in the calendar Tuesday adjoin Colorado, batting fourth and arena appropriate field.
''My capital ambition appropriate now is to get to apperceive these guys so I can fit in with a new team,'' said Reddick, who hit .296 with eight homers for the Athletics. ''But already the lights appear on and that aboriginal angle is thrown, again everybody is on the aforementioned page to win.''
Puig was an All-Star in 2014 afterwards a brief acceleration with the Dodgers, who active the Cuban anticipation to a $42 million, seven-year arrangement in June 2012. He hit 35 homers and collection in 111 runs while batting .305 from 2013-14, but slipped to .255 endure division while arena in just 79 amateur due to hamstring troubles.
Puig has been physically bound and abundantly inconsistent even if advantageous this season, batting .260 with seven homers in 81 games. His on-base-plus-slugging allotment is down to a career-worst .706.
''With Yasiel accepting reassigned it gives him on befalling to plan on accepting better,'' administrator Dave Roberts said. ''It's never to be mistaken how abundant we affliction for Yasiel and apprehend he has so abundant potential. But he needs to abide to plan on a accepted and accepting constant with mechanics and all-embracing advance as a person.
''We apprehend him to accept that this is not punitive; it's for his advance to ultimately become a bigger baseball player.''
Zaidi said the Dodgers accept told Puig through his assembly that they are accomplishing what is best for the team.
''There are absolutely things that we accept he can do bigger off the acreage and those accept been announced to him,'' Zaidi said. ''I accept he and his representation accept what we are acquisitive happens affective forward.''
The Dodgers aswell optioned bullpen Ross Stripling to Triple-A Oklahoma City to accomplish allowance for their new additions, outfielder Josh Reddick and analgesic Jesse Chavez.
Los Angeles told Puig not to appear to Dodger Stadium on Monday advanced of the team's cruise to Colorado for a alternation adjoin the Rockies. Puig complied, and now he has 72 hours to address to the minors.
''The abstruse move is a appellation for the purposes of accepting alternative waivers,'' Dodgers accepted administrator Farhan Zaidi said. ''He has not been assigned yet, but our apprehension is that he will be assigned to Oklahoma City on Thursday. He will accept 72 hours to report, so we apprehend him to be there by this weekend.''
The Dodgers acquired Reddick and left-hander Rich Hill from Oakland on Monday, as able-bodied as Chavez from Toronto. Hill is on the 15-day disabled account with a abscess on his casting hand.
Reddick was in the calendar Tuesday adjoin Colorado, batting fourth and arena appropriate field.
''My capital ambition appropriate now is to get to apperceive these guys so I can fit in with a new team,'' said Reddick, who hit .296 with eight homers for the Athletics. ''But already the lights appear on and that aboriginal angle is thrown, again everybody is on the aforementioned page to win.''
Puig was an All-Star in 2014 afterwards a brief acceleration with the Dodgers, who active the Cuban anticipation to a $42 million, seven-year arrangement in June 2012. He hit 35 homers and collection in 111 runs while batting .305 from 2013-14, but slipped to .255 endure division while arena in just 79 amateur due to hamstring troubles.
Puig has been physically bound and abundantly inconsistent even if advantageous this season, batting .260 with seven homers in 81 games. His on-base-plus-slugging allotment is down to a career-worst .706.
''With Yasiel accepting reassigned it gives him on befalling to plan on accepting better,'' administrator Dave Roberts said. ''It's never to be mistaken how abundant we affliction for Yasiel and apprehend he has so abundant potential. But he needs to abide to plan on a accepted and accepting constant with mechanics and all-embracing advance as a person.
''We apprehend him to accept that this is not punitive; it's for his advance to ultimately become a bigger baseball player.''
Zaidi said the Dodgers accept told Puig through his assembly that they are accomplishing what is best for the team.
''There are absolutely things that we accept he can do bigger off the acreage and those accept been announced to him,'' Zaidi said. ''I accept he and his representation accept what we are acquisitive happens affective forward.''
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