Earlier than Cactus League play started, the Los Angeles Dodgers had been projected to decide on between Chris Taylor, Andy Pages, and James Outman for the final roster spot.
Nevertheless, Eddie Rosario isn’t taking place with out a combat.
Rosario blasted the Dodgers’ first residence run of the spring Friday and went 1-for-2 with a run scored and two runs batted in. By way of three video games, Rosario is 2-for-7 with three strikeouts, three RBIs, one stroll, and one run scored.
How does the previous NLCS MVP and 2021 World Sequence champion stack up towards his competitors?
Outman doubled for his first hit on Monday. He’s 1-for-7 with a run scored, a stroll and 5 strikeouts. Pages is 1-for-8 with a stroll and 4 strikeouts. Taylor is 2-for-8 with a run scored, a stroll and 5 strikeouts.
Judging by numbers alone, Rosario seems to be proper on the high of the race. All 4 gamers have appeared in three video games and have roughly the identical pattern dimension to work with.
The Dodgers introduced Rosario in on Feb. 15 after he was launched from a earlier minor league cope with the New York Mets again in August. He’s coming off a disastrous 2024 hitting simply .175/.215/.316 in 91 video games with the Washington Nationals and Atlanta Braves.
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The excellent news for Rosario is that Taylor and Outman additionally struggled final yr.
The dangerous information for Rosario is he isn’t as versatile as Taylor and the Dodgers love having utility gamers who can play any place.
“I’ve at all times mentioned that certainly one of Chris’ superpowers — and he’s gained loads of huge video games for the Dodgers within the largest of moments — is his mindset, his mentality to be prepared for no matter we ask of him,” supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned. “I nonetheless consider that’s a superpower, and his potential to play everywhere in the diamond. So he’s received varied gloves. He’s wholesome. He’s shifting rather well. So it may very well be from third base to left discipline to heart discipline, and I believe after that, there’s (enjoying) second base in there. However I believe CT simply is aware of easy methods to put together himself.”
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Taylor is Rosario’s largest menace and he isn’t going to surrender his spot simply. The truth that he’s due $15 million this yr undoubtedly doesn’t assist Rosario’s case.
“Being a Dodger means every little thing to me,” Taylor mentioned. “I’m so grateful that I used to be given the chance. Getting traded right here in 2016 is the perfect factor that ever occurred to me. I do know that is the perfect group in baseball, and I really feel very lucky that I’ve been capable of play right here so long as I’ve, and I’m hoping to proceed to play right here.”
Picture Credit score: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Photos
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