Things certainly haven't gone as planned for the highly-touted Dalton Rushing. After tearing the cover off the ball with a .314/.436/.517 line in 35 games down at Triple-A Oklahoma City, the Los Angeles Dodgers had seen enough to believe the 24-year-old backstop was ready for the show.
However, in 155 major league plate appearances, he's proven to be anything but, posting a .204/.258/.324 line that has been heavily impacted by a ghastly 37.4% strikeout rate. Those immense struggles have greatly impacted the Dodgers' trust in him.
Rushing spent 10 days on the IL from Sept. 6-16, and when he returned he found that he had been usurped in the catching pecking order, while it was revealed that Will Smith's hand injury was worse than originally thought.