{"id":558244,"date":"2026-02-06T18:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T18:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/558244\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T18:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T18:29:12","slug":"athletics-claim-andy-ibanez-mlb-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/558244\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics Claim Andy Iba\u00f1ez – MLB Trade Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The A\u2019s have claimed infielder\/outfielder Andy Iba\u00f1ez<\/a> off waivers from the Dodgers, Francys Romero of BeisbolFR reports<\/a>. Los Angeles signed Iba\u00f1ez to a one-year, $1.2MM deal last month and then tried to pass him through waivers in order to stash him in Triple-A as a depth option. Instead, the A\u2019s will pick up that $1.2MM bill and add the versatile lefty masher to their infield mix.<\/p>\n

Iba\u00f1ez, 32, is out of minor league options, so when the Dodgers signed him to a low-cost deal despite a crowded infield\/bench group, it always seemed possible that they could try to sneak him through outright waivers to keep him as non-roster depth. Iba\u00f1ez doesn\u2019t have the service time needed to reject an outright assignment in favor of free agency\u00a0and retain any guaranteed money on his contract, so if he\u2019d passed through waivers he would surely have accepted the assignment.<\/p>\n

That won\u2019t be the case. He\u2019ll now head north to West Sacramento and call the Athletics\u2019 hitter-friendly temporary digs at Sutter Health Park his home park. The A\u2019s don\u2019t have a clear answer at third base, so Iba\u00f1ez will compete for at-bats there while also providing a credible backup around the diamond.<\/p>\n

In parts of five major league seasons, Iba\u00f1ez is a .254\/.304\/.389 hitter. That includes sub-par work in right-on-right situations, but he\u2019s feasted on lefties, hitting them at a .280\/.372\/.452 clip. He\u2019ll compete with Darell Hernaiz<\/a>, Brett Harris<\/a>, Max Schuemann<\/a> and (the other) Max Muncy<\/a> for time at third base, but Iba\u00f1ez has 5300 professional innings at second base, 724 at first base, 242 at shortstop and 186 in the outfield corners. He\u2019s also the only member of that group of infield candidates who is out of minor league options, so he\u2019s very likely to crack the Athletics\u2019 Opening Day roster.<\/p>\n

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