Dodgers Sign RHPs Justin De Fratus and Tyler Ferguson
The Dodgers have reportedly agreed to terms with right-handers Justin De Fratus and Tyler Ferguson on minor league deals, per Baseball America.
According to Baseball America, the #Dodgers have signed the following players to minor league contracts:
RHP Justin De Fratus
RHP Tyler Ferguson— MLB-Transactions?? (@tombaseball19) January 3, 2020
It is unclear at the moment if De Fratus and Ferguson received invitations to spring training, but there is a chance that they have. More minor league contracts should be agreed upon in the coming weeks as the Dodgers front office looks to fill holes and supply some depth.
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De Fratus, 32, has been inside of the Dodgers organization since 2018. He has 194 innings at the major league level — none since 2015 with the Philadelphia Phillies — and holds a respectable 4.08 ERA. The 32-year-old reliever starter tossed 52 1/3 innings with the club in 2019, posting a poor 6.71 ERA and only striking out 7.05 batters per nine innings.
Fergsuon, 26, was a sixth round pick of the Texas Rangers in the 2015 MLB Draft. He did not throw a pitch in a minor league system in 2019 and has only registered 113 professional innings, all with Texas. He knows how to strike batters out, but is also very walk prone. He held a 5.58 ERA and reached the High-A level.
Both men are long-shots to ever see time with the Dodgers at the major league level, but crazier things have happened. The Dodgers saw enough in both right-handers to ink them to minor league deals.
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Who?
Are these Friedman’s blockbuster moves? At least he did something.
When did a 4+ ERA become respectable?
The last several years it has lol just watch mlb network they’ll have you believe these guys are great gets at the trade deadline for a championship run
I thought the exact same thing. Funny stuff they are putting out.
This article is an example of dumpster diving.We found two pieces for our Minor League Teams.
LOL I cannot comment any further, but thankfully they ARE minor league deals. But with these 2 track records, I am puzzled by what they really saw.
There appears to be much agreement that DeFratus and Ferguson are what anyone would call a blockbuster deaIs Is not on paper the team now weaker than at the end of 2019? What we can look at is a trade of Ryu and Hill yo obtain Treinen. Anyone in their right mind think that is sound? So now instead of signing a free agent and lose only a second round draft choice we now stand to lose a chunk of the future for a short term star-if they pull off a major trade. My thoughts