Dodgers claim versatile infielder from Mets in first offsesaon acquisition

On the eve of MLB’s yearly General Managers Meetings, the Dodgers made their very first acquisition of the offseason.

The group revealed Monday that it declared infielder Christian Cairo off waivers from the Mets, including a 25-year-old previous fourth-round draft choice who has yet to make his MLB launching.

A career-long minor-leaguer who invested the majority of in 2015 in the Philadelphia Phillies’company—- striking.227 with a. 676 OPS in 128 video games with their triple-A affiliate—- Cairo was a late-season waiver addition for the Mets, who consequently re-signed him to a 1 year agreement on a split MLB/minor-league offer previously this month.

The Mets attempted to rapidly pass Cairo through waivers after that finalizing, in hopes of keeping him in the company however conserving area on their 40-man lineup.

Rather, the Dodgers chose to strike, scooping up the Bakersfield-born item in a relocation that will reinforce their own organizational depth chart.

Cairo was initially prepared out of high school by Cleveland in 2019, and reached their triple-A affiliate in 2024. He hasn’t produced much offensively because then, owning a. 233 average and.675 OPS in 3 seasons at that level. In 7 minor-league seasons in general, he likewise has simply 21 crowning achievement.

Cairo is an on-base risk, however, coming off a 2026 project in which he drew 92 strolls and set out just 76 times.

And while he will likely have a minimal path to any sort of big-league function with the Dodgers, he is at least signing up with the club at the start of an offseason in which flexible bench depth is a requirement (thanks to Miguel Rojas’ retirement and Kiké Hernández striking complimentary company).

With Cairo’s addition, the Dodgers now have just 2 open areas staying on their 40-man lineup.