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- Updated: June 6, 2016
9:14 PM ET
LOS ANGELES — The youth movement that has emerged for the Los Angeles Dodgers has not only made life difficult for opponents, it is changing the face of the club’s own roster.
After taking advantage of sporadic playing time early in the season, outfielder Trayce Thompson is essentially an everyday player at this point. And his emergence no doubt made it easier for the Dodgers to sever ties with Carl Crawford, despite the fact that the veteran will still be paid approximately $35 million through 2017.
Crawford officially was designated for assignment Sunday morning, although the Dodgers made the decision late Saturday.
Corey Seager hit two homers on Sunday to give him a total of five in the Dodgers’ three-game sweep of the Braves and already 13 on the season. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill
Also making ear-splitting noise has been shortstop Corey Seager, who hit two more home runs Sunday to give him five in the three-game sweep of the Atlanta Braves. The weekend domination concluded with Sunday’s 12-6 Dodgers victory. Seager has 13 home runs and the calendar has barely flipped to June in his first full season.
The Dodgers are still trying to get plus production from Joc Pederson, who was a rookie sensation in the first half last season before a sharp decline in productivity in the second half. Pederson is still among the Dodgers team leaders with eight home runs and 25 RBIs.
“It’s great,” president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said. “Obviously they’re incredibly talented players. But behind the scenes, the work, watching them gravitate to the veterans, learning from them — that whole dynamic is a lot of fun to watch.”
Seager, Thompson and Pederson are likely to learn a lot about each other in the coming months. They are all roommates at a local home, placing much of the Dodgers’ future under one roof each night.
“Some of these guys have a chance to play together for a really long time and also help in continuing that culture, when they have a few more years under their belt, and when that next wave of young players comes to continue that cycle, to really create that …
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