Dodgers acquire OF Brett Eibner from A’s
By Jon Weisman
Adding to their outfield mix, the Dodgers have acquired right-handed hitting outfielder Brett Eibner from the Oakland A’s in exchange for minor-league infielder Jordan Tarsovich.
To make room on the 40-man roster for Eibner, the Dodgers have designated pitcher Carlos Frias for assignment.
Eibner, who turned 28 in December, made his Major League debut May 27 with Kansas City, before being traded to Oakland for Billy Burns on July 30.
For the season, Eibner had a .266 on-base percentage and .353 slugging percentage, with those numbers improving to .315/.400 against left-handed pitching.
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Scouts have rated Eibner as an above-average defender, according to Steve Adams of MLB Trade Rumors, and he can play all three outfield positions.
In his 231-game Triple-A career, Eibner has an .831 OPS with 45 doubles and 38 homers, along with 20 steals in 23 attempts. Eibner is on the Dodgers’ 40-man roster but has two minor-league options remaining.
Eibner joins a group of right-handed hitting Dodger outfielders that includes Yasiel Puig, Trayce Thompson, Scott Van Slyke, Darin Ruf and Kiké Hernandez.
More background on Eibner is available from Athletics Nation, which also passed along this important tweet.
The 25-year-old Tarsovich, a 22nd-round draft pick by the Dodgers in 2015 from Virginia Military Institute, had a .742 OPS at Single-A Rancho Cucamonga and a .668 OPS at Double-A Tulsa.
Frias, who had a 3.95 ERA with 32 strikeouts in 43 1/3 minor-league innings this year, pitched in one game for the Dodgers in 2016, throwing four shutout innings July 7 against the Padres. In his Dodger career, he had a 4.50 ERA, 1.38 WHIP and 5.9 K/9 in 114 innings.
