Dodgers luckily avoided chance for Amed Rosario to burn them with waiver claim

Amed Rosario's second stint with the Dodgers lasted all of two weeks and five games, after LA made a trade with the Rays for him a day ahead of the deadline. The Dodgers sent Triple-A reliever Michael Flynn in return — not a huge deal by any means, but Rosario had batted .307 in Tampa before the trade and could jump all around the field, so he seemed like a good fit as a bench utility man.

Given Rosario's success this year, how little the Dodgers used him during those two weeks and the quick DFA were kind of shocking. A player batting .300 definitely wasn't going to clear waivers, and sure enough, the Reds picked him up on Sunday and activated him on Tuesday as Jeimer Candelario went onto Cincinnati's IL.

It wouldn't be surprising if Rosario had some hard feelings from the DFA, seeing as the Dodgers never really even gave him a fair shake this season and basically exposed the fact that they weren't thinking long-term when they traded for him. However, he won't get the chance to take it out on them, as the Dodgers and Reds won't see each other through the rest of the season.

Dodgers will avoid an Amed Rosario revenge game after surprising DFA

Despite having the best run differential of any team out of the NL Wild Card race, the Reds have been slipping further and further down the standings and are currently 5.5 games out of the last Wild Card spot. The race is still tight in the NL; the Cubs, Cardinals, Giants, and Mets are all also within 5.5 games (the Mets are just 1.5 out behind the Braves), but unless Cincinnati can make an insane push through the last few weeks of the season, it's likely they won't see October.

With their win over the Cardinals on Sunday (and the Padres' and Diamondbacks' respective losses), the Dodgers have pulled away a bit more from their division rivals to stay at the top of the NL West. The Diamondbacks are three games behind and the Padres are four games back, so LA is far from totally out of the woods, but they still need to keep their heads down and push to solidify their claim on the division.

At least Rosario should expect to get more playing time in Cincinnati after the Dodgers did him pretty dirty in LA. The best revenge now would be helping the Reds actually make that improbable playoff push happen.