The Los Angeles Dodgers added to their outfield and organizational depth in January by completing a trade with the Oakland Athletics for Brett Eibner. He had some impressive flashes during Spring Training and went on to begin the year with Triple-A Oklahoma City.
He joined the Dodgers in April and again in May for a more extensive stretch that went into June. Eibner has exclusively played the outfield for Los Angeles, but in late May the organization began to work on refining his skills as a pitcher.
The thought was to potentially utilize Eibner in a game as a reliever.