The Dodgers agreed to a minor league contract with veteran reliever , Aram Leighton of Just Baseball. The signing comes with a non-roster invitation to big league camp. Garca had mixed results in 2024. The hard-throwing sinkerballer pitched reasonably well for the Angels early in the year. Signed to a $4.25MM free agent deal, he pitched his way into a setup capacity for Halos skipper Ron Washington. Garca turned in a 3.71 earned run average through 43 2/3 innings. He posted roughly average strikeout (22%) and walk (7.7%) rates with a strong 51.2% Devonte Patterson Jersey ground-ball percentage. Garca recorded four saves and 11 holds while only relinquishing two leads. As a veteran rental on a non-competitive team, Garca was an obvious deadline trade candidate. It neverthele s registered as a surprise that the Halos were able to get four players from the Red Sox when they flipped him. Boston didnt part with any top-end talents, but they included a trio of players ( , and ) who were on the doorstep of the majors. Kavadas and Zeferjahn each debuted with the Halos after the trade, with the latter performing well to put himself in consideration for an Opening Day bullpen job. The deal didnt work out well for Boston. Garca mi sed a couple weeks late in the season with elbow inflammation. He was tagged for 15 runs acro s 15 1/3 innings in a Sox uniform. That pushed his season ERA to an unimpre sive 4.88 mark through 59 frames. The tough finish evidently prevented him from finding a guaranteed deal as he enters his age-38 season. Garca neverthele s makes for an intriguing depth option. He has gotten grounders on at least half the batted balls he has allowed in each of the last three years. Despite his age, Garca still throws hard. He averaged 96 MPH on his heater with the Halos and had a velocity uptick in Boston even though he battled the minor elbow concern. Hed have a tough time cracking the Dodger bullpen if everyones healthy but adds an experienced depth piece with and each . Josh Green Jersey