The Dodgers have called infielder Gavin Lux of their alternate training site, with Lux set to serve as the extra 29th man for Game 2 of today’s double head with the Giants.
Lux will appear on the Los Angeles roster for the first time this season, after surprisingly not being included in the club’s schedule for its opening in July. Lux missed part of Summer Camp for unexplained reasons, and although it was speculated that Lux might be kept in the minors for service reasons Dave Roberts explained in early August that the Dodgers did not “feel that he is ready now. ”
“It was a short march for Gavin and he was not mechanically right, “Roberts on August 5 told Ken Gurnick and other MLB.com media.”And he knows that, we know that. He’s still getting there [alternative training site] USC, get at-bats every day, it’s coming. I watch video every day, it gets better. ”
Roberts said at the time that Lux would only be called up to the Dodgers on a daily basis, so although the “29th man” designation could mean something fluid with Lux’s status, it would appear that the star prospect will now be part of the team’s team. regular mix. Lux is in last night’s starting lineup as second baseman, who was also his position during his 23-game debut with Los Angeles last season.
Corey Seager has, of course, handled the normal position of Lux’s small league of shortstop at the MLB level, so Lux now seems to be the first-choice option at the keystone. Enrique Hernandez, Max Muncy, en Chris Taylor have split on second base this season with Hernandez spending most of his playing time at the designated position, although all three players have been deployed elsewhere around the diamond, given the Dodgers’ tendency for versatility. With the DH spot in play for the 2020 season, Roberts could find enough at-bats to keep everyone happy and rested, as the Dodgers are already essentially in tune-up mode for the post-competition.
Lux hit .240 / .305 / .400 over 82 PA with the Dodgers last season, plus a .856 OPS over 10 postseason PA. A consensus top-five baseball prospect coming into the 2020 campaign, Lux has dominated minor pitching since the overall 20th was selected in the 2016 draft, and is now striving for the next homemade Dodgers prospect to die in the majors.
