Puig: From designated driver to designated hitter
Puig missed 10 games with a sprained right thumb.
Puig missed 10 games with a sprained right thumb.
Puig has hit .333 with three home runs in his first 13 games in Double-A.
The outfielder was removed from the game in the middle of the fourth inning on Wednesday night in Tennessee.
Yasiel Puig and Joc Pederson should provide the Lookouts with plenty of offense in the middle of the lineup.
Puig, who was optioned on Thursday, is expected to play this weekend in southern California.
Manager Don Mattingly talked about optioning both Puig and Dee Gordon to the minors on Tuesday.
Puig will report to Double-A Chattanooga, and Gordon will head to Triple-A Albuquerque.
The Cuban outfielder has 11 hits in his last 15 at-bats, and a whopping 30 hits in 56 at-bats in Cactus League play.
Manager Don Mattingly talked on Monday about rookie sensation Yasiel Puig making the opening day roster, a possibility that has become increasingly more likely with the injury to Hanley Ramirez.
Yasiel Puig has been on fire for nearly all of spring training, putting up gaudy numbers. Who does he think he is, Corey Smith?
The Dodgers left fielder homered and made several throws in Sunday's 7-4 loss to the Athletics, during which Beckett was roughed up for the first time all spring.
Ryu gave the Dodgers their longest outing of the spring, while the Cuban Missile led an offensive assault.
Puig was holding his left side as he left the game in the fifth inning on Friday against the Reds. But he said he just got the wind knocked out of him.
The Cuban outfielder is now hitting .521, the $147 man may not have to be placed on the disabled list after all, plus some news on a pair of injured shortstops.
Manager Don Mattingly, general manager Ned Colletti, and Puig himself weigh in on the latest exploits of the 22-year-old, .500-hitting Cuban outfielder with no spot to play on the big league club. Yet.
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Puig is batting cleanup for the third time this spring on Tuesday afternoon against the A's, who will start the fellow Cuban outfielder Cespedes in the cleanup spot.
Yasiel Puig went from why, to what, to who, to wow in a short span of months but does his electrifying spring equate to playing in Dodger Stadium in April?
Yasiel Puig continued his spring fling on Friday night against the Royals, and he combined with Juan Uribe for seven hits in seven at-bats in an 8-1 Dodgers victory.
Manager Don Mattingly said on Thursday that opening the season with Yasiel Puig on the roster could be a mistake given how few professional games the Cuban outfielder has under his belt.
Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig went 2-for-2 on Monday against the Brewers, and continues to impress his manager.
Puig, hitting .423 in the early going, will head to Scottsdale to face the Giants on Friday afternoon in the first of two games for the Dodgers.
Puig is batting .391 (9-for-23) in 11 games so far this spring, including a single in three at-bats on Wednesday against the Indians in Goodyear.
Puig, who homered as a pinch hitter for Kemp on Sunday, will follow him in center field on Tuesday in Peoria.
Yasiel Puig is hitting .421 (8-for-19), and half of his hits have gone for extra bases, including Sunday's home run
Puig has eight hits in 19 at-bats this spring with one home run and three doubles.