The Tampa Bay Rays have acquired left-handed pitcher Xavier Cedeño for cash considerations after the Los Angeles Dodger's designated him for assignment, according to the Dodgers twitter and confirmed by Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times.
Cedeño began the season with the Washing Nationals and pitched three innings for them before being designated for assignment and picked up by former-Rays GM Andrew Friedman in Los Angeles. He was DFA'd once more when the Dodgers called up Sergio Santos, and this time the Rays claimed the lefty.
The Rays bullpen is in need of a lefty because Jeff Beliveau is now gone for the season after tearing his labrum, and C.