Smack dab in the middle of the final moments before Bryce Harper signed with the Phillies, the Dodgers were out doing some shopping of their own. Their ultimate haul was 29-year-old journeyman infielder Brad Miller.
No, it wasn’t Andrew Friedman‘s answer to rival GM Matt Klentak’s attempt to separate his squad from the rest of the National League. Rather, it was one of those moves to give Los Angeles a bit of secondary or tertiary depth should an injury epidemic break loose sometime during the 2019 season.
While Miller’s contract is indeed a minor league deal, there wasn’t a need to create space for the Orlando native on the 40-man roster.