TORONTO — The Dodgers launched their roster for the World Collection on Friday, and a key piece within the bullpen was lacking as anticipated.
Left-handed reliever Alex Vesia was not on the roster, as he and his spouse deal with what the membership stated on Thursday was “a deeply private household matter.”
He isn’t anticipated to be positioned on the Household Medical Emergency Listing both, in response to an individual with data of the state of affairs unauthorized to talk publicly. Being positioned on that record would have required Vesia to overlook not less than three days, however nonetheless allowed him to rejoin the roster later within the sequence if he was in a position.
Which means, barring an damage elsewhere on the pitching employees, Vesia might be out at some stage in the World Collection — marking a major blow for a bullpen that had counted him as certainly one of its most trusted arms (particularly from the left aspect) this October.
With out Vesia, the Dodgers made a few additions to the aid corps, including hard-throwing right-handers Edgardo Henriquez and Will Klein again to the roster.
Henriquez, who had a 2.37 ERA in 22 regular-season outings, was final energetic for the wild-card sequence initially of the playoffs, when he didn’t document an out whereas strolling two batters and giving up a success in his solely look.
Klein, in the meantime, is being activated for the primary time this postseason, after posting a 2.35 ERA in 14 appearances this 12 months.
The Dodgers’ solely change from the NLCS was eradicating one other right-hander, Ben Casparius, from the 12-man pitching employees.
Left-handed reliever Tanner Scott, who was faraway from the roster within the NLDS due to an abscess incision on his bottom, was not added again to the roster, regardless of anticipating to be accessible health-wise, as he advised reporters earlier within the week.
The group additionally stored the identical 14-player place group it used final spherical, once more going with defensive and velocity specialists Justin Dean and Hyeseong Kim over veteran outfielder Michael Conforto and third catcher Dalton Dashing for its closing roster spots.
