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Dodgers Likely To Select Kolten Wong

By Anthony Franco | August 31, 2023 at 8:56pm CDT

The Dodgers are planning to select veteran second baseman Kolten Wong onto the big league roster tomorrow, reports J.P. Hoornstra of the Orange County Register. He’ll take one of the expanded active roster spots. To fill the other role, Los Angeles will recall righty Emmet Sheehan from Triple-A (as first reported by Ari Alexander of KPRC 2 in Houston).

Wong joined the organization on a minor league pact a couple weeks ago. He didn’t spend much time in Triple-A. Wong played in just three games, collecting seven hits and a walk in 14 trips to the plate.

Before joining L.A., the veteran infielder had been struggling through the worst season of his career. Wong hit only .165/.241/.227 over 67 games with the Mariners. He struck out at a personal-high 21.3% clip and made hard contact on only around a quarter of batted balls — well below the 36% MLB average.

That offensive output would’ve been untenable even if Wong were continuing to defend at an elite level. Yet the two-time Gold Glove winner received slightly below-average grades from metrics like Defensive Runs Saved and Outs Above Average over 513 1/3 innings. It was his second straight season with middling marks for his glovework, as Wong also played below his established level during his final year with Milwaukee.

While Wong’s glove has slipped as he’s gotten into his 30s, he was a productive hitter as recently as a year ago. The lefty-swinging infielder put up a .251/.339/.430 slash with 15 homers and 17 steals in 497 trips to the dish for the Brew Crew. The Dodgers will hope for something more closely approximating that form than his early-season work in Seattle.

Mookie Betts has played second base for the Dodgers lately. Wong can sometimes factor in when there’s a need for Betts to move back to the outfield. The Dodgers have Amed Rosario, Enrique Hernández and Chris Taylor as middle infield options off the bench, though that entire group hits from the right side.

There’s no financial risk for L.A. in bringing Wong up. The Mariners are on the hook for virtually all of his $10MM salary. The Dodgers will pay him just the prorated portion of the $720K league minimum for whatever time he spends on the MLB roster. He’ll be a free agent at year’s end.

While there’s no need for an active roster move, Los Angeles will need to make a corresponding 40-man transaction when Wong is officially promoted. The club filled the 40-man this afternoon by reinstating Shelby Miller from the 60-day injured list. The veteran righty has been out since late June because of a nerve issue in his neck. Miller has turned in 30 innings of 2.40 ERA ball out of Dave Roberts’ bullpen.

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  1. kdevry

    2 years ago

    Hopefully he turns around what was an absolute disaster with my M’s.

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    • mlb fan

      2 years ago

      Wong hasn’t been any good since St. Louis and even then he was always a bit unorthodox and overrated to me.

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    • solaris602

      2 years ago

      I’m down with the move as long as they don’t use him in any actual games. This guy’s a hack in the field AND at the plate. He might be able to pinch run without screwing that up, but only in an emergency.

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      • elmedius

        2 years ago

        Isn’t he most famous for being picked off first in the WS?

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      • Trish 3

        2 years ago

        Nothing wrong with the 3 run homer he hit tonight against the Braves. The Dodgers have a way of picking these guys up and turning them around.

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  2. Rsox

    2 years ago

    A Major League hitter batting .500 against minor league pitching shouldn’t surprise anyone. However, with the Dodgers love of platoons and matchups this could work out well for player and team

    Reply
  3. Edp007

    2 years ago

    Shows how deep the dodgers are , all they need for callup is a backup catcher.
    Oops sorry I got the Wong Wong there.

    Reply
  4. Pedro Martinez’s Mango Tree

    2 years ago

    Look for him to hit .600 the rest of the season

    Reply
  5. Wren

    2 years ago

    guessing they must be seeing something promising but hard to understand why they would need another infield option or LH bat.

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    • mlb fan

      2 years ago

      I’m guessing since the Dodgers have practically wrapped up the NL West, they are just bringing in Wong to give a couple of IFs some rest for the playoffs from time to time. I don’t see how they could possibly believe Wong can help them win a playoff or other important series.

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  6. gotigers68

    2 years ago

    From what I can see tonight, the Dodgers need a starting pitcher or two, not a 2B who can’t hit his weight….

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    • BlueSkies_LA

      2 years ago

      Sheehan was also called. Nobody else left to get.

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  7. Ignorant Son-of-a-b

    2 years ago

    How about these headlines instead:

    “Dodgers Semi-Likely to Call Up Wong”
    “Dodgers Likely as Not to Call Up Wong”
    “Dodgers Fairly Mostly Likely to Call Up Wong”
    “Dodgers Uncertainly Likely to Call Up Wong.”

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    • Reynaldo

      2 years ago

      If he still has that leg kick he will continue to struggle. He dropped it for 2 weeks, had some success, then went back to it, struggled again, then got released.

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  8. GarryHarris

    2 years ago

    Michael Busch and Miguel Vardas aren’t getting it done so why not try a Kolten Wong. Jason Hayward looked finished last season but he found himself. The Dodgers see something.

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  9. Vince Ferragamo's Dog

    2 years ago

    “Dont mess w/the Wongs !”

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