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Mets Release Brian Dozier

By Steve Adams | August 24, 2020 at 7:59am CDT

The Mets have released second baseman Brian Dozier, tweets MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo. He’d been designated for assignment prior to last Sunday’s game, when New York called up right-hander Franklyn Kilome.

The 33-year-old Dozier will return to the open market and be eligible to sign with any club as a free agent. He inked a minor league deal with the Padres over the winter but took his release from that organization and had a less-than-favorable review of his time there upon signing with the Mets late last month. Dozier’s time in Queens proved brief, though, as Robinson Cano’s scorching return from the injured list left him without much of a path to playing time. In 16 plate appearances as a Met, Dozier went 2-for-15 with a walk and five strikeouts.

It’s been a swift decline for Dozier, who from 2014-17 starred for the Twins as one of the game’s best second basemen. In that time, he batted .254/.338/.476 with 127 home runs — including a 42-homer campaign in 2016 and a 34-homer effort in 2017. His 2018 season was wrecked by a knee injury which he attempted to play through, and while he had a solid bounceback effort with the Nats in 2019 (.238/.340/.430), Dozier also ceded playing time to Asdrubal Cabrera late in 2019.

Dozier could still hold appeal to clubs seeking some infield depth. A team in need of help against left-handed pitching would stand out as a particularly solid fit for the former All-Star, given that the right-handed-hitting Dozier carries a stout .268/.352/.496 batting line against southpaws.

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  1. JonathanWB

    5 years ago

    Detroit can pick him up after they trade Schoop. Tigers are very thin in the infield.

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    • mstrchef13

      5 years ago

      Why would they trade Schoop? Better yet, what contender would trade for him?

      Reply
      • krillin89

        5 years ago

        I’m fairly certain if the price was right, a contender would gladly take on a 114 ops+ depth piece

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      • lucas0622

        5 years ago

        Any contender that’s week at second base, like Oakland.

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      • oldmansteve

        5 years ago

        mstrchef13, I’d love to see how you run your fantasy teams

        Reply
  2. bigdaddyt

    5 years ago

    Blue jays should sign him can’t be any worse than Drury

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    • phantomofdb

      5 years ago

      TIL the entire Blue Jays infield bench has a COMBINED OPS+ of 17

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  3. DT.J.B.

    5 years ago

    Here’s hoping for a Twins reuninion!

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  4. Metsfan9

    5 years ago

    How many times has Kilome gone up and down between our roster?

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    • Ashtem

      5 years ago

      A better question would be how many teams are going to release Brian Dozier.

      Reply
    • phenomenalajs

      5 years ago

      He’s young and has options so this is not unexpected. They put him in for long relief, take him off the active roster for a few days then bring him back. He’s got talent and should be a long term bullpen piece.

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      Reply
  5. lowtalker1

    5 years ago

    And he thought he was good and upset he could make the padres

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    • lowtalker1

      5 years ago

      Could not make

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  6. Joggin’George

    5 years ago

    Not surprising. I still don’t get what folks see in a second base only, league average bat.

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    • oldmansteve

      5 years ago

      A league average bat who can play 2nd base is a pretty nice piece

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      • Joggin’George

        5 years ago

        Obviously the league doesn’t think so seeing as he keeps getting released. It would seem most teams agree with my sentiments.

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        • oldmansteve

          5 years ago

          The problem is he isn’t a league average bat. They may agree with your opinion but not your assessment.

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        • Herc33

          5 years ago

          He’s a below average bat at this point, that’s why he keeps getting cut. If he was a league average hitter, he would have had appeal to SD or NYM as a bench bat, but both moved on for a reason.

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  7. Sarasotaosfan

    5 years ago

    Second basemen are a dime a dozen.

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    • lowtalker1

      5 years ago

      With power or hitting are rare

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  8. JonathanWB

    5 years ago

    OPS this year for all of baseball is .737

    2nd base is a dime a dozen because there are not a lot of strong players this year.

    OPS of all MLB 2B with at least 50AB this year:

    PLAYER TEAM OPS
    Lowe TB 1.095
    Cano NYM 1.059
    Cronenworth SD 1.036
    LeMahieu NYY 0.990
    Biggio TOR 0.909
    Solano SF 0.898
    La Stella LAA 0.813
    Schoop DET 0.802
    McMahon COL 0.802
    Marte ARI 0.801
    Alberto BAL 0.791
    Hiura MIL 0.766
    Hernandez CLE 0.757
    Castro WSH 0.752
    Mendick CWS 0.724
    Hernandez LAD 0.708
    Wong STL 0.658
    Arraez MIN 0.650
    Profar SD 0.649
    Kemp OAK 0.647
    Giminez NYM 0.629
    Berti MIA 0.624
    Peraza BOS 0.622
    Lopez KC 0.611
    Altuve HOU 0.603
    Frazier PIT 0.587
    Hoerner CHC 0.552
    Long SEA 0.488
    Odor TEX 0.478
    Kingery PHI 0.284

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    • lowtalker1

      5 years ago

      Incorrect.. where is cronenworth? He has over

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      • wild bill tetley

        5 years ago

        3rd from the top.

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  9. Tom1968

    5 years ago

    This guy fell hard and fast?.. was he ever accused of having extra ” help”?

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    • DrDan75

      5 years ago

      He’s 33. That’s about the age when most players’ skills start to erode. There are lots of exceptions, of course, but no club is going to carry a player who clearly is not producing like he once did when better options are available.

      It’s brutal, but that’s the game. Time to find another way to make a living.

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  10. expos771

    5 years ago

    If we look at is plate apperance last 2/3 years
    He been not thats much

    When he get over 400 pa is number are not that bad ??

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    • Bill M

      5 years ago

      Kind of hard to get plate appearances when you suck.

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