The Los Angeles Dodgers made an exciting announcement Wednesday, as they called up catcher Dalton Rushing, one of the team's top prospects, after a torrid start for the Triple-A Oklahoma City Comets. Unfortunately, every baseball promotion is paired with a player leaving the big league roster. For the Dodgers, the addition of Rushing means that Austin Barnes, an L.A. catcher since 2015, has been designated for assignment.
While Barnes has never started more than 62 games in a season for the Dodgers (2019), he's been a valuable contributor for the team for more than a decade. A member of the 2020 and '24 World Series teams, Barnes came through in a big way in that first championship run, going 8-for-25 with three RBI and four runs scored, highlighted by a big Game 3 home run against the Tampa Bay Rays.
