Overview
- The Dodgers claimed Christian Cairo off waivers on Monday, Nov. 9, giving the 25-year-old his third organization in three months.
- Cairo was designated by the Philadelphia Phillies in mid-September and then picked up and later DFA'd by the New York Mets before Los Angeles’s claim.
- He is a long-time minor-leaguer with a .226/.360/.314 career minor-league slash line and a 2026 Triple-A season marked by an unusually high walk rate (92 walks to 76 strikeouts) and 25 steals.
- Cairo has not yet made his major-league debut and will join the Dodgers as a depth utility infielder who can play multiple infield positions and compete for a bench role.
- The move reflects routine late-offseason roster churn in which clubs use waiver claims to add low-risk, controllable depth pieces with strong on-base skills and remaining minor-league options.