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Dodgers Select Gus Varland

Sports and Recreation

August 17, 2023

From: Dodger Stadium

Los Angeles, CA - The Los Angeles Dodgers have selected the contract of right-handed pitcher Gus Varland and placed him on the active roster. In order to make room on the 40-man roster, the Dodgers transferred Jake Marisnick to the 60-day injured list.

Varland, 26, appeared in 30 games for Triple-A Oklahoma City, going 2-1 with a 2.16 ERA (8 ER/33.1 IP) and 39 strikeouts. He started the season in the Brewers organization after being selected in the Rule 5 Draft by the Brewers on December 7, 2022. He made eight appearances with the Major League club, going 0-0 with an 11.42 ERA (11 ER/8.2 IP) and six strikeouts. In his five combined minor league seasons, he is 9-13 with a 4.14 ERA (96 ER/208.2 IP) and 226 strikeouts in 110 games. He was originally drafted by the Oakland Athletics in 14th round of the 2018 First Year Player Draft out of Concordia University.

Marisnick, 32, appeared in four games for the Dodgers, going 2-for-5 with an HBP. He has been in the Major Leagues parts of 11 seasons with Miami (2013-14), Houston (2014-2019), New York-NL (2020), Chicago-NL (2021), San Diego (2021), Pittsburgh (2022), Chicago-AL (2023) and Detroit (2023), hitting a combined .228 (469-for-2053) with 96 doubles, 65 homers and 223 RBI. He was originally drafted in the 3rd round of the 2009 First Year Player Draft out of Riverside Polytechnic High School.