The Angels announced Monday that left-hander Jack Dashwood went unclaimed on waivers following his recent DFA. He’s been assigned outright to Triple-A Salt Lake and will remain in the organization as a depth arm.
Dashwood, 27, pitched just 10 innings in Double-A last year due to injury but followed with another 10 terrific innings in the Arizona Fall League. He posted a gargantuan 33-to-3 K/BB ratio in that time and held opponents to just seven runs. The 6’6″ southpaw turned enough heads in the organization that the Angels opted to add him to the 40-man roster in November, protecting him from December’s Rule 5 Draft.
The 2025 season has gotten out to a nightmarish start for Dashwood, though. The 6’6″ lefty has been torched for 12 runs across four appearances in Triple-A, totaling just two innings overall. Dashwood pitched a spotless inning with two strikeouts to start his season, and he’s since been tagged for five, four and three runs in subsequent appearances, yielding a homer in each. He’s faced 20 hitters so far this year and allowed 11 hits and three walks.
Now that he’s cleared waivers, Dashwood will head back to Salt Lake and try to iron out the early kinks. The Halos already have three lefties in the big league bullpen — Brock Burke, Reid Detmers and Rule 5 pick Garrett McDaniels — but Dashwood could still put himself back on the map if he can regain his Double-A/Arizona Fall League form in the coming months.