Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez hit .239\/.301\/.352 with eight doubles, four home runs, and 84 wRC+ in 193 plate appearances with the Detroit Tigers last season before getting designated for assignment in November. In five major league seasons with the Tigers and Texas Rangers, the right-handed-hitting Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez is a career .280\/.327\/.452 hitter with a 115 wRC+ against left-handed pitching. That presumably carves out a specific role on the Dodgers for Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez, who is out of options, filling in at second base and third base as needed.<\/p>\n
Though he signed a one-year deal, Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez could potential stick around longer, as he has three years, 133 days of service time and would be eligible for arbitration for up to two more seasons before reaching for free agency. But there\u2019s a long time before deciding such things.<\/p>\n
Fitzgerald\u2019s time on the 40-man roster<\/a> lasted four days, after getting claimed off waivers from the Minnesota Twins on Friday. This is not uncommon on the edges of the roster, and there\u2019s still a chance Fitzgerald might stick around in the organization. He was available on Friday so the Dodgers pounced, adding a player who made his major league debut at age 31 last season and who has started all four infield positions and all three outfield positions in the minors throughout his career, with shortstop accounting for the bulk of his defensive duties.<\/p>\n If Fitzgerald clears waivers, he\u2019ll stick around as depth for the Dodgers, just not on the 40-man roster. If he gets claimed or is traded elsewhere, the Dodgers will search for other<\/a> depth opportunities<\/a> as they arise<\/a>, and figure out the specific fit when needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez hit .239\/.301\/.352 with eight doubles, four home runs, and 84 wRC+ in 193 plate appearances with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,38707],"class_list":["post-519048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-baseball","tag-los-angeles-dodgers-roster"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115890593736419091","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}