Jason Heyward joins Dodgers as baseball ops special assistant
LOS ANGELES — Jason Hayward is again in baseball lower than two months after retiring as a participant.
The 36-year-old five-time Gold Glove outfielder has taken a job with the Los Angeles Dodgersone of many six groups he performed for throughout his 16-year MLB profession. He introduced his retirement on the finish of March.
Heyward shall be a special assistant within the baseball operations division.
“I’m excited for Jason to be back in the organization,” supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned Wednesday. “I do know that he’s going to do some stuff with the affiliates, which is great. He’s got the clubhouse part covered, so part of it is working with the front office guys and getting to see the other side of things and how it operates and he’s going to be very helpful for his growth and also for the organization.”
Heyward spent two seasons with the Dodgers, successful his second World Series title in 2024. He then performed one season in Houston and his remaining season was in San Diego earlier than retiring. He had earlier stops in atlanta and St.Louis. He’s finest recognized for his time with the Chicago Cubssuccessful the World Series in 2016.
