Guerrero signed with the Dodgers before the 2014 season on a contract worth $28 million over 4 years. A shortstop in Cuba, Guerrero was forced to shift to second base upon his arrival on US soil with a below average glove and Hanley Ramirez incumbent at short. He was then thrust into a spring training battle for second base with Dee Gordon and lost, consequently spending much of 2014 in the minors.
However, with a clause in his contract which allowed him to reject any minor league assignment in 2015, Guerrero found himself with the big club.