{"id":92138,"date":"2024-12-14T19:29:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T00:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=92138"},"modified":"2024-12-14T19:29:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T00:29:53","slug":"dodgers-sign-david-bote-minor-league-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/12\/14\/dodgers-sign-david-bote-minor-league-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Dodgers Sign Fan Favorite Ex-Cub to Minor League Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers will sign former Chicago Cubs infielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/boteda01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Bote<\/a> to a minor-league deal, according to Aram Leighton of Just Baseball. The deal includes an invite to spring training in 2025. The versatile 31-year-old infielder can play first, second, and third base. This flexibility is a trait the Dodgers value, as the vast majority of their players can play more than one position.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Dodgers and infielder David Bote have agreed to a minor league deal, sources tell <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustBB_Media?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JustBB_Media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bote, 31, has posted a .711 OPS over parts of six big league seasons with the Cubs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aram Leighton (@AramLeighton8) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AramLeighton8\/status\/1868034970289361088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Report: Dodgers Sign David Bote to Minor League Deal<\/h2>\n<h3>Bright But Limited Sample Size<\/h3>\n<p>In 37 games this season, the infielder had a .304 batting average before he was designated for assignment by the Cubs in August. Prior to this deal, Bote was the longest-tenured Cub since he was drafted by Chicago in 2012. He signed a five-year extension with the Cubs in 2019 and was the Opening Day second baseman. Unfortunately, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/02\/chicago-cubs-lineup-david-bote-mlb\/\" target=\"_self\">fan-favorite<\/a> would injure his shoulder that season, which required surgery, and Bote would miss the majority of the 2021 season recovering. As a result, he never was able to regain his spot in the Cubs lineup.<\/p>\n<h3>Due For a Change of Scenery<\/h3>\n<p>Bote&#8217;s stats may seem unimpressive, but he has a grinder mentality similar to Dodgers center fielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/e\/edmanto01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tommy Edman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means for the Dodgers<\/h3>\n<p>This may appear to be a head-scratching move by the Dodgers, considering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bettsmo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mookie Betts<\/a> is moving back to shortstop and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/luxga01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gavin Lux<\/a> holding down second base. Still, it is no secret that Los Angeles likes to stockpile depth. One never knows when the injury bug will bite.<\/p>\n<h3>Is Something Else Afoot?<\/h3>\n<p>The Dodgers were interested in acquiring relief pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=willide03,willia005dev&amp;search=Devin+Williams&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-14_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Devin Williams<\/a> from the Milwaukee Brewers before he <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/12\/13\/yankees-trade-for-devin-williams\/\" target=\"_self\">was traded<\/a> to the New York Yankees. Dodger Blue reports that Gavin Lux was one of the players offered in exchange for the high-leverage reliever. It wasn&#8217;t to be, at least this time. Is signing the former Cub insurance for next time?<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, David Bote is looking to make the most of this second chance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers will sign former Chicago Cubs infielder David Bote to a minor-league deal, according to Aram Leighton of Just Baseball. The deal includes an invite to spring training in 2025. The versatile 31-year-old infielder can play first, second, and third base. This flexibility is a trait the Dodgers value, as the vast [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5226,"featured_media":92160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33,1071,35],"tags":[3089,4266,2055,250],"class_list":["post-92138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dodgers","category-mlb","category-news","tag-david-bote","tag-devin-williams","tag-gavin-lux","tag-mookie-betts"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92138"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92161,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92138\/revisions\/92161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}