I don’t know if love is really lovelier the second time around, but the Dodgers are hoping that a low-risk signing works out that way.
Just as they did a year ago, the Dodgers have signed right-hander – hey, one of those! – Brandon Beachy to non-guaranteed $1.5-million contract Wednesday that includes significant incentives.
The Dodgers went this route last season, taking a minimal gamble on the previous rising star in the Braves organization. That was before he had two Tommy John surgeries in three years.
If it did not got exactly as planned last season – he ended up making two starts (0-1, 7.