Dodgers Claim Well-Traveled Yankees Pitching Prospect

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com)  —   The Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday claimed right-handed pitching prospect Layne Somsen from the New York Yankees.

Meanwhile, the Dodgers added right-hander Chin-hui Tsao (right triceps strain) to the 60-day disabled list.

Somsen, 27, appeared in two games with Cincinnati this season (five ER/2.1 IP) in his first big league action and has combined to go 1-0 with a 1.44 ERA, a .149 opponents' batting average and a 1.00 WHIP in 14 minor league appearances this year at Triple-A with the Reds' and Yankees' affiliates.

The Dodgers will be Somsen's third organization in 2016, with Somsen opening the campaign with the Reds' organization before being claimed by the Yankees on May 24.

The South Dakota native has gone 10-5 with a 2.42 ERA in 90 games (seven starts) in four minor league seasons in the Reds' (2013-16) and Yankees' (2016) organizations, limiting opposing hitters to a .208 batting average and striking out better than a batter per inning with 193 Ks in 189.2 innings. S

Somsen was originally selected by the Reds in the 22nd round of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft out of South Dakota State.

On Twitter, he and his wife recently announced they were expecting a child in December 2016.