Dodgers News: Will Smith Activated off Injured List and Optioned to AAA
Dodgers catcher Will Smith was activated from the 10-day injured list and optioned to triple-A OKC.
The Dodgers activated catcher Will Smith off the 10-day disabled list and optioned him to Triple-A Oklahoma City. He played for OKC tonight and went 1-for-1 with an RBI.
— Ken Gurnick (@kengurnick) July 7, 2019
The move was somewhat confusing as Smith was originally optioned to OKC on June 26, but also sneakily added to the MLB 10-day IL. His transactions page is a bit all over the place.
Date | Transaction | |
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July 6, 2019 | Los Angeles Dodgers optioned C Will Smith to Oklahoma City Dodgers. | |
July 6, 2019 | Oklahoma City Dodgers activated C Will Smith from the 7-day injured list. | |
July 4, 2019 | Oklahoma City Dodgers placed C Will Smith on the 7-day injured list retroactive to June 26, 2019. | |
June 26, 2019 | Los Angeles Dodgers optioned C Will Smith to Oklahoma City Dodgers. | |
June 26, 2019 | Los Angeles Dodgers placed C Will Smith on the 10-day injured list. |
Nevertheless, Smith made his return to playing baseball for the Dodgers in Oklahoma City on Saturday night and collected a hit and an RBI in 3 plate appearances. He also added a HBP and sacrifice play to his ledger.
The 24 year old was nursing an oblique injury he sustained in his final game with Dodgers on June 25th when he went 0-3 against the Diamondbacks.
Smith is batting .269 with 3 home runs and 6 RBI in 9 games with the big club, and .294 with 14 home runs and 40 RBI in triple-A this season.
Stay healthy Will Smith, the Dodgers Need you to be their No.1 Catcher!
What about Austin Barnes?
Happy Sunday, Robin! I agree here and we do know that it’s quite possible that both Nartin and Barnes will be gone after this year. My guess is Barnes could be dealt at the deadline and I am not of the belief that Dodgers would re-sign martin, WSS
I wish Will Smith was our full-time catcher. Barnes and Martin are not providing much offense at all. Very sad too.
I sure hope the Dodgers were just hung over from the road trip to Colorado a couple of weeks ago. Struggling against Arizona and looking pathetic against the Padres was tough to watch. Our offense is not firing. Hopefully the bats come alive in Boston or we could lose several games in a row.