Dodgers sign Justin Jarvis & Aaron Bracho to minors deals
11/18/2024 05:31 PM
A few minor league transactions over the last week for the Dodgers
The Dodgers over the last week have signed a pair of players to minor league contracts, in pitcher Justin Jarvis and infielder Aaron Bracho, the latter showing on MLB transaction logs on November 15.
The Jarvis signing was first reported by Aram Leighton of Just Baseball on Saturday and then by Ken Rosenthal at The Athletic on Sunday.
Unlike the reported signing of left-handed pitcher Joe Jacques over the weekend, it is unknown whether either Jarvis of Bracho will receive a non-roster invitation to spring training. Jarvis has pitched 89⅔ innings in Triple-A over the last two seasons, splitting time with Double-A, while Bracho has yet to play about Double-A.
Jarvis was drafted in the fifth round in 2018 by the Brewers, and was dealt to the Mets in the Mark Canha trade at the 2023 deadline. The right-hander was a starting pitcher throughout the minors before operating in a swingman role this season, making a combined 10 starts and 18 relief appearances between Triple-A Syracuse and Double-A Syracuse.
He posted a 4.55 ERA with 84 strikeouts (a 21.9-percent rate) and 30 walks in 87 innings in 2024. Jarvis turns 25 in February.
Bracho signed with Cleveland as an international free agent out of Venezuela in July 2017 and was in the Guardians' system since, before earning free agency earlier in November. His agency, Olympic Agency Sports, announced the signing with the Dodgers on Friday.
Bracho spent the last two seasons playing for Double-A Akron, and hit .221/.296/.338 with an 83 wRC+ this season, a step back from his 115 wRC+ in 2023. The infielder also played two years with High-A Lake County, and after striking out 31.1 percent of the time at that level, he improved to a 21.4-percent strikeout rate the last two years in Double-A, to go with his 10.3-percent walk rate.
With Akron the last two seasons, Bracho started 65 games at first base, 57 games at second base, and 21 games at third base, in addition to 37 games in 2024 as designated hitter. He turns 24 in April.
