Buddy Kennedy cleared waivers after being designated for assignment and was outrighted to Triple-A Oklahoma City before electing free agency. He was claimed off waivers by the Dodgers on Aug. 15 and added to the active roster the same day Max Muncy went on the injured list. Kennedy appeared in seven games with the Dodgers, going 1-for-17 with five strikeouts. He played for three major-league clubs this season and appeared in 13 MLB games overall, going 2-for-29 with one RBI and eight strikeouts. He debuted in 2022 and has a career MLB slash line of .178/.271/.274 with two home runs and 20 RBIs. Across 681 minor-league games he is .281/.378/.437 with 66 homers and 345 RBIs. Kennedy has major-league experience at first, second and third base.
The Dodgers were the third team Kennedy played with this season, as he also spent time with the Philadelphia Phillies and Toronto Blue Jays. Overall, the infielder appeared in 13 games this season, going 2-for-29 (.069) with one run batted in and eight strikeouts. Kennedy was initially drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the fifth round of the 2017 MLB Draft. He debuted with Arizona in 2022.
Former Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Buddy Kennedy cleared waivers after being designated for assignment by the team earlier this week. The Dodgers sent him outright to Triple-A Oklahoma City, but the veteran elected to leave the organization and head to free agency, per his transaction tracker on MLB.com. Kennedy has a career slash line of .178/.271/.274 with two home runs and 20 runs batted in.
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