James Outman struggled mightily for a second straight year following his breakout rookie season, playing in just 22 games with the Dodgers before being traded to the Minnesota Twins at the trade deadline.

After making the opening day roster in each of the past two seasons, Outman opened the season in Triple-A with the Oklahoma City Comets, where he opened the season slashing .253/.322/.508 with eight home runs over his first 32 games. Outman was eventually called up back to the big league level on May 6 after an adductor injury to Teoscar Hernández, hitting a pair of home runs in his absence before being demoted back to Triple-A on May 19.

Back with Oklahoma City, Outman improved drastically at the plate, cutting his strikeout rate from 36.3 percent down to 25.7 percent. He slashed a rob

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