Just over three years after he tormented them in the National League Championship series, veteran outfielder Eddie Rosario has joined the Los Angeles Dodgers on a minor-league deal, multiple sources reported Saturday.
Rosario, 33, will aim to return to the majors for the first time since Atlanta designated him for assignment last August.
The most memorable stretch of Rosario’s 10-year big league career came during the 2021 NLCS, when he tied a postseason series record with 14 hits amid his MVP performance that propelled the Braves past the Dodgers in six games.
Rosario batted .560 during the series and saved his biggest swing for Game 6 — a tiebreaking three-run homer that proved decisive in Atlanta’s 4-2 win.
He hit just .227 during the World Series but scored five runs as the Braves defeated Houston in six games to end their 26-year championship drought.
Rosario’s postseason heroics earned him a two-year deal to stay with Atlanta, but he struggled in 2022 and did not perform well enough in 2023 to convince the Braves to exercise their club option for the following season.
He wound up with Washington in 2024 but was released July 3 after batting .183 with a subpar .555 on-base-plus slugging percentage over 67 games.
A second stint in Atlanta didn’t go much better for Rosario, as his average dipped to .154 before he was DFAd on Aug. 8. He lasted just two weeks in the New York Mets’ minor league system and was released Aug. 25.
Rosario is a career .262 hitter and has tallied 169 home runs and 583 RBIs during his time in Minnesota (2015-20), Cleveland (2021), Atlanta (2021-23, 2024) and Washington (2024).
He’ll try to nestle his way into a loaded Dodgers outfield that includes All-Star Teoscar Hernandez, who last month signed a three-year, $66 million deal to stay with the defending world champions.
Tommy Edman and Michael Conforto are also probable starters, while Andy Pages, Chris Taylor, Enrique Hernandez and starting shortstop Mookie Betts give Los Angeles considerable outfield depth.
–Field Level Media
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