What trade for Alek Thomas means for Andy Pages and rest of Dodgers OF

What Alek Thomas addition means for Dodgers OF

Thomas is primarily a center fielder, and with elite defense, he's someone the Dodgers could confidently send out there to man the CF spot.

Of course, with Pages, the starting center fielder, Thomas won't actually be able to start for Los Angeles right away.

Pages is hitting .325 with nine homers and 35 RBIs; he's not coming out of the lineup anytime soon. Kyle Tucker and his $240 million contract are manning right field, and Teoscar Hernandez isn't going anywhere either in left field.

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With Tucker, Hernandez, and Pages locking down the starting outfield, where will Thomas factor into the outfield?

He will be a left-handed hitting bench outfielder who can sub into the game as a defensive specialist or start if a player needs a day off or two.

But Thomas won't be getting into the lineup much with the Dodgers. He's going to be depth for this outfield, as the normal starting trio won't leave their starting spots for Thomas.

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