The Dodgers have parted ways with five players over the past week, according to the club’s transaction log on MiLB.com.
Catcher Chase Adkison and pitchers Peter Bonilla, Jhonny Jimenez, Alvaro Benua and Wuillians Herrera were all released from the organization. Adkison was let go from High-A Great Lakes, while Bonilla and Jimenez were released from Single-A Ontatio. Benua and Herrera were cut from the Arizona Complex League Dodgers.
Adkison joined the Dodgers in June after being released by the St. Louis Cardinals organization. The 26-year-old played in 19 games for Great Lakes and hit .286 with five runs batted in and an OPS of .722.
He originally signed with the Cardinals as an undrafted free agent in 2023. In 136 career minor league games, Adkison has hit .274 with five home runs, 56 RBIs and an OPS of .750. He reached as high as Double-A in the Cardinals system.
Bonilla, a left-hander, was signed by Los Angeles in 2022 as an international free agent out of Spain. He came stateside in 2025 and made it to Single-A for the first time this season, appearing in nine games and posting a 17.00 ERA over nine innings.
Jimenez was signed in 2021 as an international free agent out of the Dominican Republic. The right-hander came stateside in 2024 and has spent most of the last two seasons in Single-A. He put up a 2.38 ERA over 41.2 innings at that level last year, but this season the 22-year-old struggled to an 8.22 ERA over 38.1 innings for the Tower Buzzers.
Benua also signed with the Dodgers in 2021 as an international free agent out of the Dominican Republic. He came stateside in 2023, but never got past the Arizona Complex League. Across parts of three seasons in the ACL, the 23-year-old compiled an 8.44 ERA with 89 strikeouts and 90 walks in 53.1 innings.
Herrera, another right-hander, was signed in 2021 as an international free agent out of Venezuela. He came to the United States in 2025 and reached Single-A this year, where he recorded a 13.97 ERA in 9.2 innings with 10 strikeouts and 17 walks.
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