Dodgers Ink Dan Johnson
- Updated: August 23, 2016
According to Darren Wolfson of ESPN.com the Los Angeles Dodgers have signed pitcher Dan Johnson to a minor league contract.
Congrats to Saints P Dan Johnson. Knuckleballer signed by #Dodgers organization. Heading to AA. 10 years in MLB as a hitter. Great story.
— Darren Wolfson (@DWolfsonKSTP) August 22, 2016
Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times also reported the news.
Didn’t make it with #Rays, but Dan Johnson signed by Friedman’s #Dodgers to continue pitching, heads to AA level https://t.co/wuFcXFiAxl
— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) August 23, 2016
Johnson is a former seventh round pick in the 2001 MLB draft. The former first basemen played ten years in the league. He spent time with the Oakland Athletics, Rays, St.Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays, and Baltimore Orioles.
Johnson has reinvented himself as a knuckle ball pitcher at the age of 37 and will give his new craft a shot in the minors with the Dodgers.
As more information surfaces on the Dodgers and their roster moves we will keep you up to date.
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