The Rays have designated first baseman Allan Dykstra for assignment, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times tweets. The move clears space for pitcher Everett Teaford, whose contract the Rays selected from Triple-A Durham.
Dykstra collected the first 38 plate appearances of his big-league career with the Rays this season, hitting .129/.289/.226 before being optioned to Durham when James Loney returned from injury. The 27-year-old Dykstra is now in his eighth season in the minors and could be on his way out of his third organization despite a first-round draft pedigree and consistently impressive-looking minor-league stats. He hit .280/.426/.504 in 439 plate appearances with the Mets’ (admittedly hitter-friendly) Triple-A affiliate in Las Vegas last season.
Awesome
Might be a good idea to start looking for a modest payday in Japan.
Another first round bust
Another below-slot guy the Padres took in the first round because he was injured. Didn’t really work out for them, like it never does.
That’s a shame, I really like Dykstra
What did you like about him?
It was just his personality I think. I don’t blame the Rays for doing it, I just l liked him. But if he can replicate his 2013 performance when he was the 2013 Eastern League Most Valuable Player then I think he may get another call up
Cool, I understand. I always wonder what conversations players are having when they enter that stage in their career where they have great minor league stats but fail to make it at the MLB level. It’s got to be one of the toughest moments in an athlete’s life.
I also wish we could hear some of the conversations that go on. Obviously, they were put on stage with Moneyball but it would be neat to hear the actual conversations or at least transcripts 🙂
Yeah, all we can do is read autobiographies to get some insight