Following the fist game of today’s double-header against the Rockies, the Dodgers announced that they have designated left-hander David Huff for assignment and selected the contract of right-hander Josh Ravin from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Additionally, catcher Austin Barnes has been optioned to Triple-A, and lefty Daniel Coulombe has been recalled in his place.
The 30-year-old Huff rejoined the Dodgers yesterday after making a spot start in April and being designated for assignment at that point as well. (Huff cleared waivers and remained in the Dodgers organization after being outrighted.) Huff worked a scoreless inning with a strikeout in today’s twin bill, but overall he’s yielded six runs on 11 hits and a walk with four strikeouts in six innings this year.
Huff has a good deal of Major League experience under his belt, as today’s frame was the 388th he’s pitched over the past seven seasons. Originally drafted 39th overall by the Indians in 2006, Huff debuted with Cleveland and pitched in parts of five seasons there (2009-13). Since that time, he’s appeared with the Yankees, Giants and Dodgers. Huff is no stranger to the DFA limbo in which he currently finds himself; this is the seventh time he’s been designated for assignment in his career.
The 27-year-old Ravin’s journey to the Majors has been a long one. A fifth-round pick of the Reds back in 2006, Ravin quickly found himself ranked 13th among Cincinnati farmhands by Baseball America. However, he struggled a great deal in the 2007 season and didn’t appear on another iteration of that top prospect list until 2012, when he ranked 31st. The Brewers claimed him off waivers in September 2013 but outrighted him a few months later. He signed with the Dodgers shortly after and has spent the 2014-15 seasons with their Triple-A affiliate. Ravin has touched triple digits with his fastball in the past and had a 2.25 ERA with a 30-to-8 K/BB ratio in 20 Triple-A innings this year.
when will the dodgers designate chris hatcher?? man is horrible… and he isn’t getting any better
I agree with this. I think it’s time to give Lee his shot to pitch as well.
Either they are trying to shield him from a rough start in the Majors, so he keeps his value as a trade-deadline chip..or he’s completely out of favor with the front office for unknown reasons. They’ve missed the boat on a few opportunities to bring him up.
Maybe the new brains trust don’t like the fact he’s a Colletti/McCourt holdover.
Hence the Wieland/Baker/Use the Bullpen for 9 Innings against the Rockies starting with a Rockies castoff/Anyone but Lee philosophy.
If the real motive for not promoting Lee at this point is he’s a product of the old guard, then the new guard has a lot of work to do in ridding the team of the likes of Gonzalez, Puig, Grienke, Guerrero, Pederson, Ethier, and Kershaw, among others. Or it could be after a terrible 2014 they still are not sure about Lee’s readiness.
Lee pitched Friday so he may have been unavailable today. I agree that it’s time. 2.38 ERA in the PCL is amazing.
For the PCL league that’s legit, keep in mind it’s more of a hitters league. I’m hoping the Dodgers finally bring Lee up and give him the chance. Everyone’s talking about going after Holmes but to be honest I’m guessing it’ll cost the Dodgers a lot less to go after Cueto instead. with him being a free agent at seasons end.
Mattingly is from the Torre school of thought – gotta have one guy you can throw out there regardless of how bad he’s pitching.
The key, is to tell the media you’re going to put him in low leverage situations – then go and do the opposite. Just because.
Torre had Scott Proctor towards the end. Mattingly came along and had Ronald Belisario, then Brian Wilson. This year, it’s Hatcher.
There’s no real logic to it. It just is.
i sure hope Mike Scioscia opts out of his deal and donny gets fired… bring back mike!!!!
you don’t want Mike Scioscia, I’ve never seen a more overrated coach. This is the guy that kept trotting Jeff “Mendoza Line” Mathis out there instead of Napoli. A guy who got rid of Trumbo and plays favorites. I do agree Hatcher is pretty terrible.
Catcher to catcher, I’m sure it looked very different to Scioscia than it did to you.
Scioscia has a little of that “he plays the game the right way” mindset, which is usually a problem. But he knows a million times more about catching than I do, so it’s hard to judge him.
I know its just spring training, but Ravin looked great during the spring. I wasn’t expecting him to win a spot, but I must admit I was a bit surprised his name wasn’t even discussed when considering roster spots. Glad to see him get his shot, hopefully he takes advantage
ravin at the ravine… has a nice ring to it, huh?
Hmmm…Huff was about the only guy who did well in game 1. Hatcher needs to go. Let him try to get straightened out in OKC or just release him.
Yep never want anyone to lose their job but Hatcher is downright terrible. He’s either walking hitters or serving up meatballs. The guy needs to go. He’s gotten enough chances. He’s worse than Santos who I believe the Dodgers DFA’d a few days ago.
Yep, he comes in and pours gasoline on the fire.
The Dodgers are showing up a lot more often on MLB Trade Rumors since Friedman & co. took over…