Dodgers Outright Andre Lipciu Dodgers Outright Andre Lipciu

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    Infielder has been outrighted by the Dodgers to Triple-A Oklahoma City, per his at MLB.com. That indicates he pa sed through waivers unclaimed after being designated for a signment last week. He will remain in the Dodgers organization as non-roster depth. Lipcius, 26 in May, only joined the Dodgers three weeks ago via a cash deal. He was drafted by the Tigers and had been in their system until getting designated for a signment when the club claimed last month, which led to the trade to the Dodgers. He has largely served as a hit-over-power guy who can bounce around to multiple positions. Over the past three years, he has stepped to the plate 1,487 times in the minors, hitting just 36 home runs but drawing walks at a 13% clip and only striking out 17.9% of the time. His .264/.360/.419 batting line in that time translates to a wRC+ of 110 Jaylen Hoard Jersey , indicating hes been 10% better than league average. He did that while playing the three non-shortstop infield positions and the outfield corners. He also made it to the majors, though only in cup-of-coffee fashion. He took 38 plate appearances over 13 games with the Tigers last year, hitting .286/.342/.400 in that time. He was squeezed off the roster in Detroit and now in Los Angeles as well. Most clubs around the league are dealing with roster crunches at the end of spring and none of them put in a claim on Lipcius. Players with at least three years of service time or a previous career outright can reject a further outright a signment in favor of free agency. But Lipcius has just a few weeks of service time and this is his first outright, so he wont qualify, meaning he has no choice but to report to Oklahoma City and try to work his way back to the majors from there. Amine Jersey