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.
Detroit can pick him up after they trade Schoop. Tigers are very thin in the infield.
Why would they trade Schoop? Better yet, what contender would trade for him?
I’m fairly certain if the price was right, a contender would gladly take on a 114 ops+ depth piece
Any contender that’s week at second base, like Oakland.
mstrchef13, I’d love to see how you run your fantasy teams
Blue jays should sign him can’t be any worse than Drury
TIL the entire Blue Jays infield bench has a COMBINED OPS+ of 17
Here’s hoping for a Twins reuninion!
How many times has Kilome gone up and down between our roster?
A better question would be how many teams are going to release Brian Dozier.
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.
And he thought he was good and upset he could make the padres
Could not make
Not surprising. I still don’t get what folks see in a second base only, league average bat.
A league average bat who can play 2nd base is a pretty nice piece
Obviously the league doesn’t think so seeing as he keeps getting released. It would seem most teams agree with my sentiments.
The problem is he isn’t a league average bat. They may agree with your opinion but not your assessment.
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.
Second basemen are a dime a dozen.
With power or hitting are rare
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
Incorrect.. where is cronenworth? He has over
3rd from the top.
This guy fell hard and fast?.. was he ever accused of having extra ” help”?
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.
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 ??
Kind of hard to get plate appearances when you suck.