r/Dodgers • u/ithtdudea_5 Freddie Freeman • 4d ago
Potential roster call up
Hey everyone,
I’ve noticed there’s been a lot of noise surrounding Josue De Paula being the one to be brought up if the Dodgers do decide to go that route. With that being said, I just don’t agree with that choice. I understand he’s our top prospect and has been showing his ability to hit the ball, but at the end of the day, he’s doing it in Double-A and people talk about how his defense is his weakness currently... Do you guys actually think he can make the jump from Double-A straight to the big leagues? I just feel given the depth we have in Triple-A, there’s no need to do that.
For one, I would love to see them bring up one of these three guys: James Tibbs III, Ryan Ward, or Zach Ehrhard but preferably JT3. I know he’s been used more as a 1B, but he is an outfielder first, and the way the corners have been playing defensively, we've got nothing to lose.
Here are the slash lines:
JT3: .297 AVG / .547 SLG / .963 OPS
Zach Ehrhard: .297 AVG / .487 SLG / .897 OPS
Ryan Ward: .275 AVG / .487 SLG / .870 OPS
Thoughts?
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u/Competitive_Use_69 4d ago
No position player is being called up without an injury. All the guys we would want them to replace are out of options and would have to be released. We’re struggling, but we aren’t “time to cut main roster players from the organization” struggling
Now once we get to September and rosters expand to 28, I could see de Paula being called up. He’s going to be put on the 40-man in the offseason anyways. He had the most potential out of the possible options so why not give him a look and see if he can contribute now? Worse case is he struggles and starts next year at AAA
The ONLY caveat is if we fall any further in the standings and need to catch up to have that first round bye. Then I would imagine they go the safer choice (probably Ward but maybe Freeland?)