The Dodgers announced that they have selected the contract of right-hander Tyler Cyr, with fellow righty Andre Jackson optioned in a corresponding move. The club already had a vacancy on their 40-man roster after designating Dylan Covey for assignment yesterday.
The Dodgers’ relief corps has been getting run through the gauntlet this week, leading to various roster moves as they try to restock with fresh arms. It started on Monday when started Noah Syndergaard lasted just four innings it what eventually turned into a 12-inning game that saw the club use six relievers. Then Clayton Kershaw was also bumped after four frames on Tuesday, leading to the relievers throwing another five. The Dodgers selected Covey prior to Wednesday’s contest, then saw Dustin May depart after just one inning with a flexor pronator strain that’s going to keep him sidelined for weeks. Covey tossed four innings in relief and then four other pitchers followed him. Covey was designated for assignment the next day as Jackson and Justin Bruihl were recalled. Last night, Julio Urías was pushed out after just three innings, leaving the bullpen to pick up another five. Since they were in St. Louis and got crushed, they didn’t have to cover the bottom of the ninth but Jackson did throw 3 1/3 innings in there, getting optioned today for his troubles.
Going into today’s contest, they are yet again scrambling for a fresh arm to have on hand, tapping Cyr to be that arm. The 30-year-old made his major league debut with the Phillies last year, making just one appearance before getting put on waivers and getting claimed by the A’s. He tossed 13 1/3 innings between the two clubs with a 2.70 ERA, 29.1% strikeout rate, 9.1% walk rate and 48.5% ground ball rate.
He was released in January and eventually landed with the Dodgers on a minor league deal. He’s tossed 16 2/3 Triple-A innings here in 2023 thus far with a 4.86 ERA, striking out 31.6% of opponents and getting grounders at a 56.4% rate but issuing walks to 13.2% of batters faced. Cyr has a full slate of options and less than a year of service time, meaning he could potentially provide the Dodgers with a depth arm with roster flexibility and cheap control for years to come, provided he performs well enough to hang onto his spot on the 40-man roster.
Revenge of the Cyr, Cyr Strikes Back
Meanwhile we are stuck with The Kapler Awakens (again)
Phillies legend
The search for the next Brandon Morrow continues
Andre Jackson gave the Dodgers good innings until he tired and it fell through.
Yes, they left Jackson in too long last night. He looked good up until the last couple of batters.
And yet, Almonte is still on the roster.
Out of options
Do you mean the player, or the Dodgers?
Player
The Dodgers have an option, DFA. What are the chances he gets claimed off waivers? No team is going to want him on their roster any more than the Dodgers should want him on their roster.
Probably 100% Blue
He was electric last year and every team out there isn’t necessarily playing for today
He’s here b/c he’s out of options like AMK said
He was good for the one season and lousy for all of the others. He is beyond lousy now.
There’s an end to the rope its just not 18 inns
Dodgers have made a killing by taking the guy cut after 18 bad inns from another team in the past, they will be patient
Nothing about his career suggests that he is likely to get much better and that’s a pretty big sample size. He wouldn’t be the first reliever Friedman held onto long past his sell by date.
And they still keep trotting Bickford out, too. Sigh.
Amazing how just a few weeks ago, the Dodgers rotation looked solid. Now they need some duct tape, luck and random bullpen arms & spot starters to make it through this stretch of inconsistency.
Welcome to baseball
Same plan as always, dog paddle till Sept then try to get hot/lined up for further action
“Ain’t that the tooth.” – some dentist (probably)
Cyriously?