Dodgers cut ties with $1.2 million signing after just 3 weeks

The Los Angeles Dodgers are moving their roster all over the place of late.

Andy Ibanez is the latest guy to take a weird path.

The Dodgers signed the right-handed hitting infielder to a one-year contract for $1.2 million on Jan. 13.

Ibanez was set to be a short-sided platoon bat, able to play against left-handed pitchers and punish a positive matchup for himself.

Instead, Ibanez may be on the outs.

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The Dodgers designated Ibanez for assignment on Tuesday, according to USA Today's Bob Nightengale.

The DFA means that Ibanez goes on waivers. Another team can claim him, which would take him away from the Dodgers for good. 

If Ibanez clears waivers, he can remain in the Dodgers organization, just no longer on the 40-man roster.

That's not the only weird part of this roster maneuvering, though.

The Dodgers DFA'd Ibanez to clear a 40-man roster spot for Mike Siani, an outfielder.

If Siani's name sounds familiar, that's because the Dodgers just designated him for assignment on Jan. 21.

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The New York Yankees had claimed Siani at that point in time, but they just designated him for assignment themselves this week.

And when Siani was back on waivers, the Dodgers decided they wanted him back. They risked Ibanez to do so, although maybe they have a sense that Ibanez will get through waivers unscathed.

It's still quite the goofy maneuvering, even if it all works out in the end.

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