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Dodgers Designate Wilmer Font

By Jeff Todd | April 23, 2018 at 6:29pm CDT

The Dodgers have designated right-hander Wilmer Font for assignment, per a club announcement. His roster spot will go to top prospect Walker Buehler, whose promotion — to make his first-ever MLB start — was previously reported.

Font, who’ll soon turn 28, received his first real shot at the majors to open the 2018 season. The results, however, just haven’t been there, as he has surrendered 13 earned runs in 10 1/3 innings.

There’s just one walk — of the intentional variety — on Font’s stat line, so he’s been in the zone. But he has also coughed up 18 base hits, five of which have left the yard, and generated soft contact on just one of every ten balls put in play against him.

Despite the struggles, it would not be surprising to see another organization roll the dice on the out-of-options Font. After all, he turned in an impressive 2017 effort at Triple-A. In 134 1/3 innings spread over 25 starts last year at the highest level of the minors, Font worked to a 3.42 ERA with even more impressive peripherals (including 11.9 K/9 against just 2.3 BB/9).

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Comments

  1. milkman

    4 years ago

    this guy sucks, eh!

    Reply
  2. mrnatewalter

    4 years ago

    Here we all thought he’d push Jansen for his closer role.

    Turns out he was just Comic Sans.

    Reply
    • kboroczk

      4 years ago

      LOL…….. Whatever.

      Reply
    • matthew102402

      4 years ago

      Hey, comic sans ain’t half bad.

      Reply
      • layventsky

        4 years ago

        Yeah, I never understood the mass hatred for comic sans.

        Reply
  3. JDGoat

    4 years ago

    Is hard contact on 1 out of 10 balls hit good or bad?

    Reply
    • Mendoza Line 215

      4 years ago

      I think that it is good but odd that it was included in a sentence with bad stats.

      Reply
      • BlueJayFan1515

        4 years ago

        Yeah, I wonder if it was a typo and was supposed to be soft contact, not hard contact.

        Reply
        • Jeff Todd

          4 years ago

          It was indeed a typo. Fixed now.

        • BlueSkyLA

          4 years ago

          A typo, not a font issue?

          Okay, I think we’re done with this one now. 😉

      • JDGoat

        4 years ago

        That’s what I thought too.

        Reply
  4. madmanTX

    4 years ago

    Back to the Rangers…

    Reply
  5. BrandonGregory74

    4 years ago

    Would he be worth the Reds giving him a shot?

    Reply
    • BlueSkyLA

      4 years ago

      How about beer and a bump?

      Reply
    • Ty Cobb's Dentures

      4 years ago

      Any pitcher with a pulse should get a shot with the Reds.

      Reply
  6. formerdraftpick

    4 years ago

    My go to fonts are Helvetica and Gil Sans.

    Reply
  7. geg42

    4 years ago

    The writing was on the wall for this move.

    Reply
    • Dan_Oz

      4 years ago

      Apparently in Comic Sans font

      Reply
  8. siddfinch1079

    4 years ago

    DFAing Font is certainly a bold move…

    Reply

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