Dodgers reportedly sign Andrew Heaney as free agent

Andrew Heaney is coming home. Well – benignant of.

The Dodgers person reportedly reached an statement connected a one-year declaration that volition wage the left-hander $8.5 cardinal successful 2022. The woody is pending a carnal (Heaney has had elbow issues successful the past) and has not been announced by the team.

The 30-year-old Heaney spent 7 seasons successful Southern California arsenic a subordinate of the Angels. Before that, however, helium was a Dodger – for astir 5 hours.

In 1 of the archetypal moves made by Andrew Friedman aft helium took implicit the Dodgers, Heaney was acquired on with Austin Barnes, Chris Hatcher and Kiké Hernandez from the Miami Marlins successful a commercialized that sent Dan Haren, Dee Strange-Gordon and Miguel Rojas to the Marlins successful December 2014.

Just hours later, the Dodgers spun Heaney to the Angels successful a commercialized for seasoned infielder Howie Kendrick. Heaney responded memorably connected Twitter to the concatenation of events.

“Well, @Dodgers we had a bully run! Great to beryllium a portion of specified a storied franchise. #thanksforthememories,” Heaney tweeted jokingly.

Well, @Dodgers we had a bully run! Great to beryllium a portion of specified a storied franchise. #thanksforthememories

— Andrew Heaney (@Heandog8) December 11, 2014

Heaney spent portion of 7 seasons with the Angels, going 30-33 with a 4.51 ERA and 1.25 WHIP. His champion play came successful 2018 erstwhile helium went 9-10 with a 4.15 ERA implicit a career-high 30 starts, striking retired 180 successful 180 innings (both besides career-highs).

That followed 2 injury-marred seasons.

Heaney felt elbow discomfort aboriginal successful 2016 and received a platelet-rich plasma injection successful precocious April. After experiencing nary improvement, helium underwent Tommy John country connected June 28 and missed astir of the 2016 and 2017 seasons. Elbow inflammation constricted him to 18 starts successful 2019 arsenic well.

Heaney is coming disconnected a mediocre 2021 season. He was 6-7 with a 5.27 ERA successful 18 starts for the Angels earlier being traded to the New York Yankees for Janson Junk and Elvis Peguero astatine the commercialized deadline successful July.

Things did not amended successful New York. Heaney was 2-2 with a 7.32 ERA successful 12 games (five starts) and the Yankees designated him for duty astatine the extremity of the regular season. Heaney declined to judge a minor-league duty and became a escaped agent.

Heaney entered the escaped cause marketplace viewed arsenic a bounce-back campaigner for 2022, having changed his slider grip precocious successful the 2021 season. He represents a low-cost concern for the Dodgers who person to rebuild the starting rotation extent that dissolved implicit the people of the 2021 season.

Walker Buehler, Julio Urias and Tony Gonsolin instrumentality nether contract. But Clayton Kershaw and Max Scherzer are escaped agents – with wellness questions clouding Kershaw’s status. Dustin May is recovering from Tommy John country and is not apt to transportation until precocious successful the 2022 season. David Price was lone marginally effectual arsenic a starter successful spurts past season. And Trevor Bauer’s presumption remains successful uncertainty with MLB investigating intersexual battle allegations against him.