The Los Angeles Dodgers inked Tyler Fitzgerald to a minor league deal, completing their first official free-agent signing, though it keeps an internal depth piece on the team.
Tyler Fitzgerald’s Dodgers history
Fitzgerald came over from the Toronto Blue Jays in a late-April trade that sent cash to the AL East team for the utility player.
He played in 24 games for the Oklahoma City Comets in Triple-A last year, slotting in at third base, left field, second base, shortstop, and right field.
The former Blue Jay hit .293, hit six home runs, drove in 22 RBIs, and posted an OPS of .998.
The Dodgers designated Fitzgerald for assignment in the middle of 2026, though it was more of a procedural move, since they quickly re-signed him to a minor league deal later, simply adding a spot on the 40-man roster.
Why Fitzgerald is a candidate to play for the Dodgers in 2027
Miguel Rojas’s retirement naturally opens up a slot in the infield, and rather than add an outright infielder, Fitzgerald is a possible utility-player option.
Additionally, Kike Hernandez is also a utility player, but he is a free agent. The only outright positionally flexible players are Tommy Edman and Hyeseong Kim.
If Hernandez departs and the Dodgers don’t add a meaningful utility player via free agency, Fitzgerald will certainly get a run at taking a spot on the active roster, or at least remain on the fringes.
Fitzgerald is only two years removed from a .280/.334/.497 season with the San Francisco Giants, where he put up 2.7 bWAR in 96 games.
There is a chance the Dodgers see him tapping back into that kind of production, which came with really good defense, and becoming another utility-player steal.
