The Los Angeles Dodgers have signed super utility player Cavan Biggio in a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays after the Blue Jays designated him for reassignment last week.
As part of the deal, the Blue Jays receive right-handed reliever Braydon Fisher, who has split his time between Double-A and Triple-A this season.
Biggio, 29, was released from the Blue Jays' 40-man roster last week after struggling in the first third of the season. He hit .200/.323/.291 with two home runs in 131 at-bats for Toronto, which is third in the American League East at 33-34.
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He has spent most of his career at second base, but has also played first, third and right base this season. Biggio will join a Dodgers team that holds a 7½-game lead in the National League West but has minimal offensive production from Chris Taylor, Gavin Lux and Kiké Hernández and is without third baseman Max Muncy, who is on the injured list with an oblique abdominal muscle strain.
Biggio debuted in 2019 and was one of three sons of longtime major league players expected to form the core of an up-and-coming Blue Jays team, along with infielder Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and shortstop Bo Bichette. He hit 16 home runs in 100 games in his rookie season and posted a .375 on-base percentage in the COVID-shortened 2020, looking like a foundational piece at second base.
Biggio has been limited by injuries in the years since, losing playing time to Davis Schneider and Isiah Kiner-Falefa this season. With the Blue Jays struggling offensively, they released him to make room for Spencer Horwitz, who has started all four games at second base since being recalled. Biggio is under club control for one more season after this year and will be eligible to be a free agent after 2025.
Fisher, 23, was drafted in the fourth round in 2018 and has struck out 30 hitters and allowed 15 walks in 19 innings while posting a 5.68 ERA this season.
