{"id":783890,"date":"2026-07-07T02:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T02:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/783890\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T02:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T02:31:08","slug":"dodgers-announce-four-roster-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/783890\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers Announce Four Roster Moves"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dodgers announced a few roster moves before tonight\u2019s series opener against the Rockies. As skipper Dave Roberts said last night<\/a>, Evan Phillips<\/a> is officially back from last year\u2019s Tommy John surgery. Los Angeles also added reliever Carlos Dur\u00e1n<\/a> to their 40-man roster, though he\u2019ll remain at Triple-A Oklahoma City on an optional assignment.<\/p>\n

L.A. optioned righty\u00a0Paul Gervase<\/a> to OKC to open a spot in the bullpen for Phillips. They needed to clear a pair of 40-man roster spots, so they released lefty Jake Eder<\/a> and designated catcher\u00a0Chuckie Robinson<\/a> for assignment.<\/p>\n

Phillips is back after firing 10 innings of two-run ball in Triple-A on his rehab assignment. He struck out 13 while walking five batters and hitting two more. It wasn\u2019t his sharpest command, which is to be expected for a pitcher\u2019s first game action in 14 months. That\u2019s not a huge concern, as Phillips\u2019 stuff looked to be back at pre-injury levels. He averaged 96 mph on his four-seam fastball and sat around 92 mph with his cutter. The Dodgers are running away with the NL West and can afford to get him some early work as a middle reliever before building back into leverage situations.<\/p>\n

Dur\u00e1n signed a minor league contract last offseason, returning to the organization with which he has spent most of his career. His only MLB outing came last May as a member of the Athletics. He allowed three runs while recording just one out. Aside from a few months in the A\u2019s system, Dur\u00e1n has been with the Dodgers since signing as an amateur in 2018.<\/p>\n

The 6\u20197\u2033 righty has spent the entire season with Oklahoma City. He has a 3.86 earned run average across 35 innings. Dur\u00e1n is striking out 30.7% of opponents behind a 97 mph fastball and a quality slider. He has also walked more than 15% of batters faced, continuing his career-long battle to find the strike zone consistently.<\/p>\n

When a team adds a player on a minor league contract to the 40-man roster but doesn\u2019t promote him to the big leagues, it\u2019s safe to assume there\u2019s a contractual move at play. Dur\u00e1n\u2019s deal very likely contained an upward mobility or opt-out provision that would\u2019ve allowed him to explore other opportunities if the Dodgers didn\u2019t put him on the roster.<\/p>\n

Robinson also signed an offseason minor league deal after briefly appearing for the Dodgers last season. He was called up last month to back up\u00a0Dalton Rushing<\/a> when\u00a0Will Smith<\/a> went on the injured list. Robinson played in eight games, going 2-23 without an extra-base hit. The Dodgers swapped him out for rookie\u00a0Eliezer Alfonzo Jr.<\/a>\u00a0over the weekend and now bounce him from the roster entirely.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers will likely place Robinson on waivers this week. He has cleared multiple times in his career and would have the right to explore other opportunities in the likely event he goes unclaimed again. The 31-year-old is an organizational depth type who has appeared in parts of four MLB seasons, batting .124 with two home runs in 60 games.<\/p>\n

Eder came over from the Nationals in a cash trade in early April. The 27-year-old southpaw worked four innings in as many games, allowing one run. He has been in Triple-A since early May and got hurt last week, which unfortunately cost him his roster spot. Injured players can\u2019t go on outright waivers, so the Dodgers placed him on release waivers. If he clears, he\u2019ll be a free agent.<\/p>\n

This is Eder\u2019s third partial season at the big league level. The Vanderbilt product was a highly-regarded prospect a few years ago but hasn\u2019t been as effective since undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2021. He\u2019s now working in a relief role and had a 4.29 ERA with a league average 22.5% strikeout rate through 21 innings with OKC. The team did not provide specifics on what sent him to the injured list, but he should be able to find a minor league contract. The Dodgers could try to bring him back on a minor league deal themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dodgers announced a few roster moves before tonight\u2019s series opener against the Rockies. As skipper Dave Roberts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":783891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,370529,89843,171678,33571,591,85],"class_list":["post-783890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-carlos-duran","tag-chuckie-robinson","tag-evan-phillips","tag-jake-eder","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783890","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=783890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}