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Dodgers Depth: LA and Free Agent Catcher Agree to Minor League Deal

The Dodgers continue to add depth to an already stacked position.

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Despite having Will Smith and Austin Barnes holding down the catcher position, as well as Diego Cartaya making his way through the minor leagues, the Dodgers add another piece. The team agreed to re-sign Hamlet Marte to a minor league deal and assigning him to triple-A Oklahoma City. 

Marte is familiar with the Dodgers farm system and has been apart of the organization since 2018. Carte found himself with the Giants double-A and A-plus affiliates in 2019 but made his way back to the Dodgers in 2020. 

Born in the Dominican Republic, Marte makes the most of his opportunities playing between the minor leagues and the Dominican winter/summer leagues. Marte has yet to make an appearance in the major leagues but continues to trend in the right direction.

In two seasons with OKC, Marte finished with 16 RBI's and 22 hits despite being limited to just seven games in 2022. With a career .259 batting average in the minor leagues, it's clear the organization sees the potential in the 28 year old catcher. 

The time for Marte is still to come and with the elite catchers within the Dodgers organization he has a lot to go up against. Marte is in the right place to learn from some of the best as the organization will do whatever they canto develop another top catcher prospect. 

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RYAN MENZIE

Ryan Menzie | Lead Contributor Ryan is an LA Native who has grown up praising the greatest athletes LA has had to offer. A love for sports ranging between basketball, football, volleyball and golf, a future Sports Management Masters graduate, and being engulfed into organized sports since seven years old, the passion and love for sports never ends for Ryan. If the words he writes don't paint the full picture of his true fandom, he will find more ways than one to tell the story and be more than willing to open up a nice LA sports debate with you. Favorite Player: Mookie Betts Favorite Moment: 2020 World Series. The Lakers won the NBA title and the Dodgers secured the World Series only a couple of months later. During such a rough time with COVID-19 and such a bleak look at how sports has tried to overcome the circumstances, it was a relief to see the night sky lit up for many nights and a makeshift parade in LA when it seemed like we needed it the most.

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