Former Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Buddy Kennedy cleared waivers after being designated for assignment by the team earlier this week.

The Dodgers sent him outright to Triple-A Oklahoma City, but the veteran elected to leave the organization and head to free agency, per his transaction tracker on MLB.com.

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Kennedy, 26, was claimed off waivers by the Dodgers on Aug. 15 and added to the active roster the same day Max Muncy went on the injured list with his oblique injury.

Kennedy ended up appearing in seven games with the Dodgers, going 1-for-17 (.059) with five strikeouts.

The Dodgers were the third team Kennedy played with this season, as he also spent time with the Philadelphia Phillies and Toronto Blue Jays. Overall, the infielder appeared in 13 games this season, going 2-for-29 (.069) with one run batted in and eight strikeouts.

Kennedy was initially drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the fifth round of the 2017 MLB Draft. He debuted with Arizona in 2022 and has appeared in a total of 67 games at the MLB level with the Diamondbacks, Detroit Tigers, Phillies, Blue Jays and Dodgers.

Kennedy has a career slash line of .178/.271/.274 with two home runs and 20 runs batted in. Across 681 career minor league games, Kennedy is slashing .281/.378/.437 with 66 home runs and 345 RBIs.

Kennedy has major league experience at third base, second base and first base. He'll now head to free agency, where he'll look to latch onto another organization.

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