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Dodgers To Sign Rocky Gale To Minors Contract

By Mark Polishuk | February 25, 2018 at 10:06pm CDT

The Dodgers have agreed to a minor league deal with catcher Rocky Gale, according to SB Nation’s Chris Cotillo (Twitter link).  The contract includes an invitation to the Dodgers’ big league Spring Training camp.  Gale was released by the Padres earlier this week after being designated for assignment to create roster space for the newly-signed Eric Hosmer.

A 24th-round pick for San Diego in the 2010 draft, Gale spent his entire pro career in the Padres organization, hitting .259/.306/.324 over 2198 minor league plate appearances.  He made brief appearances at the MLB level in both 2015 and 2017, appearing in a total of 14 Major League games.

Los Angeles already has Austin Barnes and Yasmani Grandal handling duties behind the plate on the 25-man roster, so Gale will join Shawn Zarraga and Kyle Farmer as the Dodgers’ top depth options at the minor league level.  There was some trade speculation surrounding Grandal since the veteran catcher is just a year away from free agency and Barnes emerged as a legitimate starter in 2017, though nothing seemed to develop in the way of legitimate buzz about a possible move.  It seems much more plausible that L.A. will deploy both Grandal and Barnes this season and any other catching signings are pure depth moves.

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18 Comments

  1. dynamite drop in monty

    8 years ago

    Yo Adrian , he did it.

    Sorry.

    Reply
    • lowtalker1

      8 years ago

      Wrong
      Agon was traded to bosox and then to doyuers

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      • claude raymond

        8 years ago

        Dude, he knows.

        Reply
  2. xabial

    8 years ago

    No relation to Rocky? (Loved that movie) Sorry.^^

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  3. FriendOfBoras

    8 years ago

    Rocky Gale is an outstanding catcher, nice pickup by the Dodgers.

    3
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    • xabial

      8 years ago

      In 10 AB he had 1 hit for .100BA .100 OBP.

      But that hit was a home run, so I’m impressed.

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      • FriendOfBoras

        8 years ago

        Defensively he’s a beast. Offensively he has some things to work on, but he’s still not terrible. I love how you guys want to downvote every post I make lol, never seen such negative people in my life!

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        • 3rdStrikeLooking

          8 years ago

          I gave you a down vote, merely because. And I will continue to do so on future posts just because I can. And if I could downvote twice, I would.

          You, sir, will not win the internet, at least for today.

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        • vtadave

          8 years ago

          “Things to work on”. nice. He needs to juice up and start hitting home runs.

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        • Blu2016

          8 years ago

          Here is another Down vote txt style! My good man!

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      • lowtalker1

        8 years ago

        He is a ok minor league catcher
        If I remember correctly that one hit came off the doyuers

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        • lowtalker1

          8 years ago

          A home run

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      • cvarneski

        8 years ago

        Dayum .300 ISO? Noice.

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    • IamDIana

      8 years ago

      He played in 14 games, on a very poor team, over two seasons by age 30 in MLB. Not a sign of quality by MLB standards.

      Reply
      • BlueSkyLA

        8 years ago

        His nickname should be “Crash.”

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  4. BigSpence

    8 years ago

    Seung Hwan Oh and Blue Jays in agreement. Get on this boys

    2
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    • xabial

      8 years ago

      coincidently, the next article uploaded was about Seung Hwan Oh signing. I gave you credit!

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      Reply
  5. sideeffect34

    8 years ago

    Brant Whiting was released in December

    3
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