Dodgers News: Former enemy lands with Braves post-LA stint, Joey Gallo finds new home

Journeyman Jake Marisnick had played in the majors for almost exactly a third of the league by the time the 2023 season ended. That year alone, he bounced between the White Sox, Tigers, and finally the Dodgers.

His stint in LA was brief, to say the least; the Dodgers signed him to a major league deal in July after he was released by the Tigers, and he only played in four games before going onto the 10-day IL (and then the 60-day) before he hit free agency.

Marisnick stayed close and went to the Angels on a minor league deal, but he spent the entire year in the minors while continuing to battle injury. He elected free agency again and, on Thursday, signed a minor league deal with the Braves with an invitation to spring training.

Despite his very brief stint as a Dodger, there's still no love lost for Marisnick given his status as a 2017 Houston Astro. The numbers say everything as to his involvement in the trash can-banging scheme; he had by far his best year at the plate that season and has never risen to those heights since.

Dodgers News: Former Jake Marisnick, Joey Gallo sign minor league deals with Braves and White Sox

Another player who Dodgers fans have no reason to recall fondly also signed a minor league deal, but even he didn't have it quite as good as Marisnick. Joey Gallo also got an invitation to spring training on a deal with the White Sox, so it's pretty clear that his underwhelming career will soon be chugging to a close.

Gallo came over to the Dodgers at the 2022 trade deadline, after whining about (deserved) booing at Yankee Stadium, where he hit .159 with a .621 OPS. The Dodgers gave up then-No. 15 prospect Clayton Beeter, but Gallo barely got better in LA and the team let him go at the end of the season.

He bounced to the Twins in 2023 and then the Nationals last year, never raising his batting average above .177 (though he did manage to find some power in Minnesota and hit 21 homers). The Nats declined his mutual option for 2025, leading to his deal with the White Sox.

Suffice to say the Dodgers have no reason to miss either of these players, and it feels unlikely that we should expect either of them to make unlikely comebacks with their new squads.