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MYSTERIOUS: Dodgers replacing longest tenured position player with top prospect - What They Never Told You

Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes celebrates in the dugout after scoring a run earlier this season. | Matt Marton-Imagn Images

The Los Angeles Dodgers made two major roster moves on Wednesday that are directly related. Longtime catcher Austin Barnes has been designated for assignment and the team has called up 24-year old prospect Dalton Rushing to take his place.

Barnes has backed up Will Smith this season and appeared in 13 games. He is just 9 of 42 at the plate this season while posting a career-low OBP. Rushing, the Dodgers' 2024 Branch Rickey Minor League Player of the Year, has been lighting it up in Triple A this season where he's hit five home runs to go with a slash line of .308/.424/.515.

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