Dodgers Acquire Long-Time Braves Backstop After Release

ATLANTA, GA - APRIL 23: Chadwick Tromp #48 of the Atlanta Braves takes the section earlier the crippled against the Houston Astros astatine Truist Park connected April 23, 2023 successful Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images)

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The Los Angeles Dodgers person spent the past week reshaping their catching extent aft making changes to a position group that person seen immoderate setbacks this season. Now, the defending World Series champion has brought successful a sanction acquainted to their National League rival Atlanta Braves.

The move comes soon aft Atlanta parted ways pinch a seasoned backstop who had spent years backmost and distant pinch the Braves, but if he’s capable to instrumentality pinch the Dodgers and thief thrust a 3rd consecutive championship, his days successful Atlanta mightiness beryllium officially complete for good.

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Chadwick Tromp’s latest stint pinch the Braves came to an extremity earlier this play and now he’ll beryllium looking to supply immoderate needed extent for the Dodgers.

“(The) Dodgers person further bolstered their catching extent by signing Chadwick Tromp to a insignificant convention deal, arsenic he joins (the Triple-A connection Oklahoma City Comets) today,” Comets broadcaster Alex Freedman reported connected Thursday. “(Tromp) has appeared successful the fields pinch 3 teams complete parts of 7 seasons.”

Braves fans will callback that 5 of those seasons person included stints pinch the Braves, who person since settled connected a catching duo of Drake Baldwin and Sean Murphy. He has besides joined the Baltimore Orioles successful 2 different stints betwixt clip pinch the Braves, though the Dodgers are a wholly caller statement for him.

“This is the first clip successful a while that Tromp signs pinch personification different than those 2 clubs,” Anthony Franco noted for MLB Trade Rumors. “He’d yo-yoed betwixt Baltimore and Atlanta connected a bid of insignificant convention deals going backmost to 2021. Tromp doesn’t deed overmuch astatine the MLB aliases Triple-A level, but he’s a dependable manus defensively who intelligibly made a beardown clubhouse belief pinch some of his erstwhile organizations.”

Los Angeles Dodgers Turn To Longtime Atlanta Braves Catcher

The Dodgers' determination to bring Tromp aboard has travel arsenic Los Angeles adjusts its ain catching extent pinch immoderate uncertainty ahead. Tromp appears to beryllium a nonstop replacement for different seasoned backstop who was released from Oklahoma City connected Thursday.

“That explains why Los Angeles released Chuckie Robinson earlier,” Franco added. “Tromp tin activity pinch rookie Eliezer Alfonzo arsenic extent down the team’s large convention catching duo of Hunter Feduccia and Ben Rortvedt.”

The Dodgers person been without prima backstop Will Smith arsenic he useful done a cervix wounded and his superior backup, Dalton Rushing, has been sidelined pinch an elbow injury.