TORONTO — The Dodgers launched their roster for the World Sequence 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 mentioned on Thursday was “a deeply personal family matter.”
He’s not anticipated to be positioned on the Household Medical Emergency Record both, based on an individual with data of the state of affairs unauthorized to talk publicly. Being positioned on that record would have required Vesia to overlook a minimum of three days, however nonetheless allowed him to rejoin the roster later within the sequence if he was in a position.
Meaning, barring an damage elsewhere on the pitching employees, Vesia shall be out in the course of the World Sequence — marking a big blow for a bullpen that had counted him as one in all its most trusted arms (particularly from the left aspect) this October.
With out Vesia, the Dodgers made a few additions to the reduction 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 in the beginning of the playoffs, when he did not report an out whereas strolling two batters and giving up successful 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 yr.
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 obtainable health-wise, as he instructed reporters earlier within the week.
The workforce additionally saved 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 remaining roster spots.
