Gutierrez Back With Dodgers, His First Major League Team

GLENDALE, Arizona (AP) — Franklin Gutierrez got another chance from the team that gave him his first one in professional baseball.

Gutierrez turned 34 on Tuesday, a day after finalizing a $2.6 million, one-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Los Angeles signed the Venezuelan outfielder as an amateur in 2000.

"I started here." Gutierrez said Tuesday as he prepared to take the field for the Dodgers' first full-squad workout. "I've been traded twice, been around a long time. And now I'm back here."

Gutierrez was traded to Cleveland in April 2004 for Milton Bradley. He made his big league debut for the Indians the following year and also played for Seattle (2009-13 and 2015-16).