{"id":410869,"date":"2026-01-13T21:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/410869\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T21:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:42:08","slug":"versatile-infielder-andy-ibanez-and-dodgers-finalize-1-2-million-1-year-contact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/410869\/","title":{"rendered":"Versatile infielder Andy Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez and Dodgers finalize $1.2 million, 1-year contact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Versatile infielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/andy-ibanez-2-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andy Ibanez<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/los-angeles-dodgers-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> finalized a $1.2 million, one-year contract on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">The 32-year-old Cuban hit .239 with four homers and 21 RBIs in 91 games for Detroit last season, then became a free agent in November when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/detroit-tigers-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tigers<\/a> failed to offer a 2026 contract.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">In three seasons with Detroit, Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez played six defensive positions and hit .251 with 20 homers and 94 RBIs in 304 games. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">He began his big league career with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\/texas-rangers-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Rangers<\/a> in 2021 after signing in 2015. He has a .254 career average with 28 homers and 128 RBIs in 420 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">To make room on the 40-man roster, the Dodgers designated infielder\/outfielder Tyler Fitzgerald for assignment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">AP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/mlb\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLB<\/a>: https:\/\/apnews.com\/MLB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Versatile infielder Andy Ibanez and the Los Angeles Dodgers finalized a $1.2 million, one-year&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-410869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}