Baseball America’s Matt Eddy reports that the Dodgers have signed Trevor Cahill.
Cahill was designated for assignment by the Atlanta Braves earlier this month after allowing 23 runs in 26 innings and getting demoted to the pen in the process. That’s a long way removed from the Cahill who made the All-Star team for the A’s as a 22-year-old in 2010 and later signed a $30 million contract. Since the beginning of 2014, however, he’s gone 3-15 with a 5.98 ERA, with the Dbacks and then the Braves cutting ties with him.
Injuries to both Hyun-jin Ryu and Brandon McCarthy make him attractive to the Dodgers, however, and they’ll try this quick and cheap fix before, one presumes, looking around for trade possibilities.