{"id":44501,"date":"2025-04-27T08:53:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T08:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44501"},"modified":"2025-04-27T08:53:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T08:53:29","slug":"dodgers-sign-former-first-round-pick-in-free-agency-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44501","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers Sign Former First-Round Pick in Free Agency: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"base_1ruub6q\" data-mm-type=\"image\"><picture class=\"base_1emrqjj\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"base_1emrqjj\" title=\"Jul 5, 2024; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Washington Nationals third baseman Nick Senzel (13) sprints to third base against the St. Louis Cardinals during the second inning at Nationals Park. 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Mandatory Credit: Rafael Suanes-Imagn Images\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/picture><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wrapper_brpv6a\">Jul 5, 2024; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Washington Nationals third baseman Nick Senzel (13) sprints to third base against the St. Louis Cardinals during the second inning at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Rafael Suanes-Imagn Images \/ Rafael Suanes-Imagn Images<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_hm3l4y9hf\">The Los Angeles Dodgers have signed a former first-round draft pick to a minor league deal, per\u00a0Daniel Alvarez-Montez\u00a0and\u00a0El Extrabase.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_8iefuwz0n\">Nick Senzel was drafted No. 2 overall in the 2016 MLB June Amateur Draft by the Cincinnati Reds after a promising University of Tennessee showing. Although his last MLB experience was a season ago, he has been putting up productive numbers in the Mexican League.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"style_1y6if9u-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_qq9mdykko\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004 ot-vscat-C0004 \" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1915973656301211653&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fmlb%2Fdodgers%2Fnews%2Fdodgers-sign-former-first-round-pick-in-free-agency-report&amp;sessionId=742440610ece4c23b162fafb93487e35aa78a942&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1915973656301211653\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_wary7ztvd\">Per Alvarez-Montes, Senzel had a 1.790 OPS, 10 RBIs, and a trio of home runs during a handful of showings in Mexico. With 243 career MLB starts in centerfield and 94 at third base, he seems to be a great potential fit in L.A. if he makes his way back to the Show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_rheursedp\">Senzel first debuted in MLB during the 2019 season for the Reds. After five seasons in Cincinnati, the utility man made his way to Washington D.C.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_m232vs0u6\">The 2024 season included 64 appearances for the Nationals, and 10 for the Chicago White Sox. After bouncing around for quite some time between the majors, Triple-A, and even a few Double-A stints last season, Senzel started 2025 with Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos in Mexican League play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_j3z7wfy9g\">His solid showing thus far was all the Dodgers needed to ink a minor league deal, but the kind of player Senzel is \u2014 a solid bat who can play in both the outfield and infield \u2014 has the potential to make an impact providing depth to the Dodgers dugout.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_i3mwdj5e5\">Senzel is a career .232 hitter across his time in MLB with 40 home runs and 143 RBIs during those six seasons. If he can channel what has helped produced this kind of a start in Mexican League play thus far, he should expect to find himself back in the majors once again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jul 5, 2024; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Washington Nationals third baseman Nick Senzel (13) sprints to third base against the St. Louis Cardinals during the second&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dodgers Sign Former First-Round Pick in Free Agency: Report - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44501\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dodgers Sign Former First-Round Pick in Free Agency: Report - 24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jul 5, 2024; 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