The Dodgers are going to select outfielder Eddie Rosario to their roster. He will take the active roster spot of designated hitter Shohei Ohtani, who is going on the paternity list. Right-hander Edgardo Henriquez will go on the 60-day injured list to open a 40-man spot for Rosario. The club hasn’t announced any of the moves yet. Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic first reported that Rosario was with the club in Arlington and that Ohtani would be going on the paternity list. Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register relayed that Henriquez would be the corresponding move.
Rosario, 33, signed a minor league contract with the Dodgers in the offseason. He has started the season in Triple-A and put up a massive .339/.406/.542 line in 14 games at that level. That’s in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League and he won’t be able to run a .419 batting average on balls in play forever, but he has a couple of home runs and is drawing walks at an 11.6% pace.
He has been incredibly streaky in recent years, so the Dodgers will see if they can ride the hot hand while Ohtani is attending the birth of his child. Rosario was actually pretty steady from 2017 to 2020, hitting .281/.317/.493 in that time for a 112 wRC+. But in 2021, he was down to .254/.296/.389 and an 88 wRC+ when he was flipped to Atlanta. He turned hot again at that time, hitting .271/.330/.573 for a 137 wRC+ with his new club. His hot/cold act continued into the playoffs, as he won NLCS MVP by hitting .560/.607/1.040 in that series. He then dropped to .227/.346/.318 during the World Series but Atlanta won it all regardless.
The seesaw production has continued since then. He hit .212/.259/.328 for a 63 wRC+ in 2022, then .255/.305/.450 for a 100 wRC+ in 2023, before dropping to .175/.215/.316 and a 45 wRC+ last year. As mentioned, he had to settle for a minor league deal with the Dodgers coming into this year. He had a rough .154/.241/.423 line in the spring before getting in a groove with Oklahoma City.
Paternity list stints last just one to three games, so Rosario might be in for a short stint on the roster while Ohtani is away. Perhaps he could stick around if he continues his recent hot streak, but that would mean giving up on someone else. Andy Pages is the only position player on the roster who can be optioned, and he’s getting regular playing time in the outfield. Players like Chris Taylor and Enrique Hernández aren’t hitting much but they provide more positional flexibility than Rosario, who can only play the outfield corners.
As for Henriquez, in early March, he suffered a left foot fracture in mysterious fashion. Manager Dave Roberts said only that there was some off-field “mishap”. His timeline is unclear but this transfer means he’s ineligible to return to the club until the middle of May at the earliest.
Photo courtesy of Mark J. Rebilas, Imagn Images
Lol….
Might as well let his interpreter get some at-bats. We all know he can take one for the team.
Isn’t that special
Do the Dodgers have the signing rights to Lil Sho already???
Yes. But what if he’s having a girl or his son Throws like Brucey from The Longest Yard?
“Sugning rights to Lil”…I can’t actually confirm that the Dodgers have Lil Sho’s signing rights, but the Dodgers did just yesterday hire a 9 month old Japanese interpreter who’s known to frequent race tracks and gambling establishments.
Some of Shohei’s contractual obligations will be deferred to his son.
May your first child be a masculine child
Holy crap the dodgers have Eddie Rosario too?
When I initially heard this I thought they would likely bring Rushing up for a few days to give him a taste.
And on Sunday he’ll be dfa’d.
What a silly comment! There’s no way they’re DFAing Ohtani…..
He’s talking about Rosario, damn you are clueless… but it will probably be on Monday.
Nick, I think you misread my sarcasm. Wait, am I misreading yours now?! Oh boy….. mind blown.
See if anyone wants to pick up the $700M. Oh, wait, you mean Rosario.
Rumors are that Ohtani is already leading the pack for the Father-of-the-year award.
You would think he’s Time magazine person of the year every year after seeing all the dudes glazing the hell out of him on social media 24 7
At least the “glazing” is deserved. The hate he gets is unfounded and pretty annoying.
There’s a whole lot more dudes fan-girling than haters…it’s not even close and it’s cringe.
Tbh I’d rather build a team around Bobby Witt Jr.
“There’s a whole lot more dudes fan-girling than haters”
Then there may be a reason why, perhaps because he’s good at baseball and he just won a World Series.
We get it, you really like your $700 million dollar superstar. I’m sure he appreciates you!
The big question is: Who gets the first photos of baby Ohtani? Who paid the highest for exclusivity on the new-born baby? One exclusivity for the Japanese media and another for the American media I’d assume?
Auto win for baby of the year from what I hear. They say the baby is so great that it guided the doctor’s hands.
Bring on the deferred delivery jokes
Lol
Who’s your Daddy?
Who is your daddy, and what does he do?
Love kindergarten cop! A++++ reference
Papa was a Rolling Stone
Daddy Warbucks!!
Why eddie? I mean, I know he hit the first homer of spring training, but still he isn’t that good. One good postseason stint. You can’t say he was a star
What? Rosario was a very good player for the Twins for years.
Yea. 2019 was his best and only good year. He’s the sam darnold of the mlb
Who said he was a star?
Read Mr. Fred’s comment
Because he’s playing 3 games and getting DFA’d.
You got probably better alternatives for a 1-3 game fill-in outfielder?
Not even 1-3
It has not been proven yet.
Congrats to the Ohtani family.
Being a dad is the greatest thing in life.
Lil Shohei already has his own degenerate gambler interpreter and is being added to the 40-man roster as soon as Chris Taylor can be DFA’d.
Every channel gonna be doing the “Countdown to next Ohtani diaper change” now.
Chris Taylor won’t he dfa’d. If they did it, it would have been like 2 years ago
The promos sell themselves for the Japanese market.
“Get the same baby food Baby Ohtani eats for your baby!”
“Buy your little one his first baby New Balance shoes, same as Baby Ohtani, signed by the baby too!”
Shohei’s wife is a former pro basketball player for Japan. Her height is listed at 5’11”! That’s extremely tall for an Asian woman.
The genetic profile of their upcoming and any future offsprings should be interesting, to say the least. Can only imagine how much pressure it would be to grow up being a child of theirs in regards to playing sports. And that’s for both genders, albeit more so on a male.
It’s reported they’re having a girl. Congrats to them both!
You know what sucks is that the second they are born they will be worth more than any i will make in my life time 😆 lol
Ohtani’s talented enough to be both the mother and the father.
The only funny and original joke so far.
Sho’s a dad? bet no one saw that coming.
Him and his wife and everyone that has known for the last 4 months probably saw it coming.
Tokyo Dodgers down a Beatle..
It seems that the Boston Bruins were so bad this year that you’ve been too fixated on commenting about the “Tokyo Dodgers”.
Is Ohtani the father?
Or was his interpreter acting without his knowledge?
The results are in… 66TheNumberOfTheBest, you are NOT the comedian!
“It seems that the Boston Bruins were so bad this year that you’ve been too fixated on commenting about the “Tokyo Dodgers”.”
With all due respect, I am not interested in your scouting report in this particular field.
Rosario’s not doing too bad. 41 wRC+. Decent replacement for Ohtani.