Former Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Zach Reks has retired from Major League Baseball, and joined the Dodgers organization as a hitting coach.

 

The Dodgers announced their entire minor league coaching staff on Friday, and Reks, who played with the Dodgers in 2021, was on the list as a hitting coach in the Arizona Complex League.

 

Reks, 31, made his Major League debut with the Dodgers on June 21, 2021. He would appear in six MLB contests with L.A., going 0-for-10 with two runs scored and seven strikeouts.

 

In 2022, the Dodgers traded Reks and outfielder Billy McKinney to the Texas Rangers in exchange for cash considerations.

 

He appeared in 16 Major League games with the Rangers, going 9-for-34 with a double and three runs batted in.

 

After being designated for assignment and released, Reks signed with the Lotte Giants of the Korean Baseball Organization. He spent one-and-a-half seasons in Korea, before signing a minor league deal with the San Diego Padres ahead of the 2024 season.

 

Across 64 games in Double-A last year, Reks hit .127 with an OPS of .486. Now, he’s appeared to have retired from his playing career, and is back with the organization that drafted him.

 

Reks was drafted by the Dodgers in the 10th round of the 2017 MLB Draft. He’ll now look to contribute to the organization in another way moving forward.

 

 

 

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García had allowed just one earned run in 12 ⅔ innings over his final 11 outings in an Angels uniform and had a 3.71 ERA in 43 ⅔ innings with the Halos before the trade. He then allowed earned runs in six of his first seven outings with the Sox, including a five-run blow-up in a two-inning stint against the Astros on August 11. In all, he posted an 8.22 ERA in 15 games as a member of the Red Sox while missing a few weeks due to right elbow inflammation. Sims also struggled, pitching to a 6.43 ERA in 15 games while also getting hurt.

 

García is a veteran of 12 big league seasons with six teams and has a 4.14 ERA in 545 career games (4 starts). Both Kavadas (30 games) and Zeferjahn (17 relief innings) reached the majors for the Angels late in the year.

 

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; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder James Outman (33) celebrates with shortstop Chris Taylor (3) after hitting a walk-off double in the 10th inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Dodger Stadium.

; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder James Outman (33) celebrates with shortstop Chris Taylor (3) after hitting a walk-off double in the 10th inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images / Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

The Los Angeles Dodgers have had a stellar offseason.

 

For a team coming off a World Series championship, they have retooled the roster with the perfect mix of veteran leadership, international talent, key players from the title run, and pitching standouts.

 

And they may not be done quite yet.

 

With a clear overflow of talent on the roster, there still appear to be a few moves to make to pare down the team and fit the MLB-mandated 26-man roster by Opening Day.

 

Unfortunately for Dodgers faithful, this may come at the expense of an All-Star who has helped bring two titles to Los Angeles, as Maren Angus-Coombs of dodgersnation.com named Chris Taylor as a potential trade candidate for L.A.

 

Taylor started his MLB career with the Seattle Mariners and made his way to the Dodgers in the midst of the 2016 season. He has been a fan favorite ever since.

 

Helping the team get to the Fall Classic four times in Dodger blue, there is no question regarding Taylor’s productivity over the course of his Dodgers tenure. A utility man in every sense of the word, he has logged starts in every position around the diamond that isn’t first base, pitcher, or catcher.

 

As the Dodgers continue their historic offseason, they have recently brought back future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw, as well as another utility man in Kiké Hernández.

 

Thus, a clear spot for Taylor unfortunately doesn’t exist on the current roster. However, his contract has a few interesting stipulations, according to Angus-Coombs.

 

“While he does not have a no-trade clause, his contract does include two other things: A $2 million assignment bonus with each trade, plus his 2026 option increases by $1 million if traded after the 2024 season and before start of the 2026 season,” Angus-Coombs wrote.

 

These are essentially peanuts compared to some of the other blockbuster deals the Dodgers have shelled out, but it is worth considering if Taylor is moved as his new team would likely not see his contract as very team-friendly. Thus, the Dodgers would likely need to eat a good amount of the money to make a deal work.

 

Other candidates that could be traded include Andy Pages and James Outman, whose coming off a struggle of a season in 2024. However, both have minor league options, which makes it easier to keep them around.

 

 

 

Now that the Los Angeles Dodgers have added Kiké Hernández, pending a physical, they have quite a predicament on their hands – too many players and not enough roster spots.

 

To make room for the utility man, the Dodgers will have to clear space on the 40-man and the 26-man rosters. Clearing space on the 40-man roster will be easy as they’ll just move someone to the 60-day injured list. Making room on the 26-man roster will prove to be much more dofficult.

 

This is what the Dodgers know before spring training even starts. The active position player roster will include Will Smith, Austin Barnes, Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, Max Muncy, Kiké Hernández, Teoscar Hernández, Michael Conforto, Tommy Edman, and Miguel Rojas ,leaving two spots open for Hyseong Kim, James Outman, Chris Taylor and Andy Pages to fight for.

 

The Dodgers just signed Kim this offseason and if he proves himself in camp then he will stay with the big league club, which leaves the other three to be potentially up for grabs on the trade market.

 

Taylor and the Dodgers agreed to a four-year, $60 million contract when he reached free agency following the 2021 season. While he does not have a no-trade clause, his contract does include two other things: A $2 million assignment bonus with each trade, plus his 2026 option increases by $1 million if traded after the 2024 season and before start of the 2026 season.

 

Pages was almost traded once. It was back in 2020 when the Dodgers tried to send him, Joc Pederson, and Ross Stripling to the Los Angeles Angels. The deal fell through, Pages was called up in April 2024, and he never looked back.

 

The outfielder is young and has plenty of upside after finishing the season slashing .248/.305/.407. Pages has accrued 155 days of major league service time and has one option year left after being optioned in both 2023 and 2024.

 

 

Outman finished second in National League Rookie of the Year voting two years ago, losing to Arizona’s Corbin Carroll, but his sophomore season was a complete slump.

 

The outfielder’s offensive numbers took a significant hit in 2024, slashing .147/.256/.265 as his home run and walk rates declined while his strikeout rate increased. He ended up playing more games in Triple-A (69) than in the majors (53).

 

While the Dodgers have a ton of depth that will set them up for a long season, that depth is also going to cause some headaches for the front office and coaching staff. Two spots for four players will leave two men very disappointed when decisions are made.

 

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