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Dodgers To Select Jake Lamb

By Anthony Franco | June 28, 2022 at 5:37pm CDT

The Dodgers are planning to select Jake Lamb onto the major league roster, manager Dave Roberts announced (via Fabian Ardaya of the Athletic). The veteran infielder would’ve soon been able to opt out of his minor league contract had he not been added to the 40-man roster. Utilityman Zach McKinstry is headed to the 10-day injured list with neck soreness in a corresponding move. Los Angeles had a 40-man roster vacancy after designating Stefen Romero for assignment last week.

Whenever he gets into a game, it’ll be the ninth consecutive year of big league action for Lamb. A longtime division rival as a member of the Diamondbacks, he’s also suited up with the A’s, White Sox and Blue Jays over the past few seasons. Lamb had a couple nice seasons early in his Arizona tenure, including a 2017 campaign that earned him an All-Star nod. Since suffering a shoulder injury that eventually necessitated surgery, the University of Washington product has been up-and-down offensively.

Lamb owns a .203/.308/.355 line in a bit more than 700 MLB plate appearances dating back to the start of the 2018 season. He’s walked at an excellent 12% rate over that stretch, but he’s punched out in almost 27% of his trips to the plate and not maintained the same kind of power he showed at his peak. It was a similar story last year, as Lamb hit .194/.306/.368 in 55 games between Chicago and Toronto.

The Dodgers signed Lamb to a minor league contract over the offseason. The 31-year-old has spent the season with Triple-A Oklahoma City, earning his way back to the big leagues with a strong performance. Lamb has a .290/.395/.537 mark with 15 home runs over 276 plate appearances for OKC. He’s continued to demonstrate the high-walk, high-strikeout form he’s shown in the majors of late, but Lamb has had a power resurgence in the minors. In addition to the 15 round-trippers, he’s collected 12 doubles and posted a whopping .247 ISO (slugging percentage minus batting average).

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  1. padam

    3 years ago

    Wonder if his mother’s name is Mary.

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    • C Yards Jeff

      3 years ago

      Intriguing question. Wondering if Jake has a brother or sister or non gender specific named “little”. Or is “little” his nickname? Or, maybe Jake is unrelated? Now I’m curious; why did the creator of this nursery rhyme choose to use the nicknames “little” and “the” instead of a proper first name when referring to Mary’s child? Hmm. Wikipedia search, here I come.

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    • "Not" Rick Hahn

      3 years ago

      Mary Hada Little-Lamb

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      • C Yards Jeff

        3 years ago

        Mary has a son named Jake.
        Who back in the day could All Star rake.
        Injuries healed, bat awake?
        May this be, for Dodgers sake.

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  2. Bluemarlin528

    3 years ago

    His numbers look good AAA. Hopefully he can make the adjustment and flourish in the bigs again.

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  3. Curly Was The Smart Stooge

    3 years ago

    If Jake is to succeed, he’ll have to connect with Jennifer Gibson & make $14 grand a month.

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  4. Manfred’s playing with the balls

    3 years ago

    Dave Roberts umpire challenges are becoming comedy at this point. He must be getting bad advice from people in the booth.

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  5. Kewldood69

    3 years ago

    Lamb and Trayce Thompson are going to carry the team

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    • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

      3 years ago

      Don’t forget Jennifer Gibson…

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  6. BlueSkies_LA

    3 years ago

    To the slaughter.

    Somebody needed to say it.

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  7. juanpaolo

    3 years ago

    I think its funnyyou guys make fun( Thompson and Lamb carrying the team) of the FIRST PLACE DODGERS

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  8. Curly Was The Smart Stooge

    3 years ago

    Be careful guys, Madeline Webb is trying to move in on Jennifer Gibsons’ territory, over my dead body! You & me forever Jenny…

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    • C Yards Jeff

      3 years ago

      Hey Curly, it’s Mo. Maybe be careful with that Jennifer broad? She could be playing us? Give Madeline a chance?

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  9. Mr. E Team

    3 years ago

    He ripped for the A’s back in 2020

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  10. Dorothy_Mantooth

    3 years ago

    Man, the Dodgers minor league depth has taken quite the hit this season. In years past, they’d have a Top 30 MLB prospect or established veteran to fill in for their injured players, but this year they are filling in their injuries with retreads like Trace Thompson and Jake Lamb. There is something about LA (and NY) where players seem to perform at their highest levels when they get called up, but I’m not sure that Thompson or Lamb will be able to perform at a level good enough to keep them on the roster once the starters return. Neither one is really good enough to make a long term impact even with the LA factor in their favor.

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  11. kingsfan1968

    3 years ago

    Lamb of God!

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  12. gfan

    3 years ago

    Baaaaaad addition.

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  13. DodgerOK

    3 years ago

    He’s the Cole Hamels of position-players.

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  14. Terry B

    3 years ago

    Lamb been raking, can’t do any worse than Muncy or JT at this point…SERIOUSLY!

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  15. Tommy Laaasorda

    3 years ago

    I loved his brother when he was kicking for the Bears… Leg O. Lamb

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