Welcome Back to the Blue, Franklin Gutierrez!

This was something I didn't expect. According to Manolo Hernandez on twitter, veteran outfielder and one-time Dodger prospect Franklin Gutierrez will be signing a one-year free agent contract with Los Angeles. As you may know, Franklin had originally signed with the Dodgers as an international free agent out of Venezuela in 2000, then quickly became the teams top prospect, and was eventually traded to Cleveland in 2004 to get Milton Bradley.

OF Franklin Gutiérrez is returning to his roots as he’s agreed to a deal with the @Dodgers: a very solid source to @beisbolporgotas. — manolo hernandez d. (@beisbolporgotas) February 11, 2017While an Indian and later-on a Mariner Gutierrez made himself…