These 3 Dodgers are DFA candidates before the 2022 roster is settled 3. So, whos it going to be? Cody Bellinger has been speculated as a candidate to become a free agent. Dodgers prospects who are not on the 40-man roster and now eligible for the Rule 5 Draft are roster are Jose Ramos, Kody Hoese, Carlos Duran, Hyun-Il Choi, Nick Robertson, Ryan Ward, Jerming Rosario, Brandon Lewis, Brandon Fisher, Aaron Ochsenbein, Alec Gamboa, Jeff Beige, Jacob Cantleberry, Jack Little, Zac Ching, Logan Boyer, Mitchell Tyranski, Julio Carrion, Martin Santana, Christian Suarez, Kelvin Bautista, Heisell Baro and Jean Zambrano. Jakson Reetz has really performed in the upper levels and might have played himself into an opportunity with Omar Narvez coming off the roster, while Pedro Severino (recently back from a PED suspension), Alex Jackson and Mario Feliciano have their issues and arent 40-man locks. With just any added pop, he could carve out a future Jed Lowrie-type career, but for now, the Dodgers will likely want to protect him for his future defensive utility. The 28-year-old only pitched 65 innings during the 2022 season while posting a 4.02 ERA. In addition, the Dodgers have 12 players under team control who are set to go through salary arbitration. Must-Add Prospects: Ji-hwan Bae, Mike Burrows, Matt Fraizer, Endy Rodriguez, Dariel Lopez Miguel Vargas isnt allowed to swing a bat yet but still keeps walking, and Walker Buehler started a throwing program as he rehabs from elbow surgery. Similar to last season, a Triple-A roster can hold a maximum of 33 players, although only 28 players will be active per game. Be sure to ring the notification bell to watch player interviews, participate in shows and giveaways, and stay up to date on all Dodgers news and rumors! 2021 was not a good year statistically for Amaya, as he failed to impact the ball offensively for Tulsa. Instead, Im focused on the number of players on the 40-man right now, how many free agents will come off that number at the end of the season, which prospects might be added (or not), and who currently on the 40-man is in danger of being squeezed out by the prospects who are added. The 28-year-old pitched to a 2.14 ERA in 130.1 innings while earning a trip to his first career All-Star Game and becoming a key member of the Dodgers rotation. Like many of the Dodgers top relievers, Evan Phillips is entering his first season of arbitration and does so as a Super Two player. Hitters are taking batting practice, pitchers are throwing bullpens and. Pepiot is scheduled to start on the mound Opening Night. Because there are not many free agents left that Los Angeles would feel a desire to swoop up, the team may decide to work with this current 40-man roster and steer from signing anyone else this offseason. There are also a handful of young arms that are eligible for the Rule 5 draft but dont warrant protection due to a lack of upper level success or upside beyond middle relief. The absence of major leaguers aside, that sense of normalcy has continued into spring training, where players not on the Dodgers' 40-man roster have been working out for the last several weeks. The Cubs will need to add Brennen Davis despite his injury because otherwise another team will Rule 5 him and put him on the 60-day IL, which the Cubs can also do once things get underway next year. Jairo Pomares is also striking out a ton. (President, Baseball Operations), Attendance: 3,861,408 Also explain why Beaty is even on the roster? The shortstop also suffered damage to his right LCL. In regards to Reed, the Dodgers have seven days from the time of DFA to trade him and put him through waivers. NL_West Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. Leonard essentially replicated his production after jumping from Low-A Rancho Cucamonga to High-A, and he should be one of the better offensive prospects in Tulsas lineup in 2022. We need starting pitching, but the old guy and Justin Bieber! If he can return to close to his 2021 form, May would be in line for a significant salary jump next season. in Communication Studies and Journalism from Loyola Marymount University in 2021 and her M.S. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. A 2022 MLB debut still feels aggressive, but he could hit his way into the 2023 conversation. Theres a deep group of fringe prospects here, without many obvious bottom-of-the-40 types who lack options or who are further into their arb years to clear space for it. This all should be occurring in the shadow of games in the Grapefruit and Cactus leagues, but Major League Baseballs lockout of its players is still ongoing. He didn't get into any games with the Dodgers and was DFA'd to make room for David Price (personal), who returned from the Family Medical Emergency List on Sunday. Volunteer. Rotowire Aug 24, 2022 Wolters re-signed Tuesday with the Dodgers on a minor-league contract. The number could again change if the Dodgers elect to non-tender any players prior to Fridays deadline. 40 active, 0 inactive, 28 non-roster invitees. Its pretty far into the offseason. The most intriguing pitcher from among the rest of the 40-man roster might be Victor Gonzlez, who missed all of last season after elbow surgery, though he was ready to pitch come playoff time. He held his production gains in a mid-season jump from High-A Great Lakes to Double-A Tulsa, and hes continued to impress in the Arizona Fall League. No Joe Kelly. However, the MLB lockout wound up leading to its cancelation. Anthony Bass has a modest $3 million club option. This very much changes depending on how the league and the team handle Trevor Bauers legal situation. The 27-year-old batted .210/.265/.389 with an 83 wRC+ during the 2022 season but continued to play defense at a high level. Baltimore Orioles. OKLAHOMA CITY The Oklahoma City Dodgers and Los Angeles Dodgers have announced the OKC Dodgers preliminary roster as the team opens its 2022 season Tuesday at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The versatility of Zach McKinstry (and to a lesser degree Eddys Leonard and Gavin Lux), gives you some room for redundant/developmental players on the 40-man roster, but this group has as many as nine of them if you also count Alex De Jesus. Erlin and Romero both played in Japan while Gaviglio played in Korea. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Call 1-800-GAMBLER. The Dodgers lost their starting shortstop for the entirety of the 2023 season in the third game of spring training. Didi Gregorius (age 33): Gregorius has also had two rough years with the Phillies and OPSd .567 in 2022. And a look at player reaction to the unseasonably cold weather in Arizona. The Dodgers' spring training roster makeup seems as if it were built as an antidote to last season's thin postseason bench. Gambling problem? Arizona Diamondbacks Arizona Colorado Rockies Colorado Los Angeles Dodgers LA Dodgers San Diego Padres San Diego San Francisco Giants San Francisco. Will Smith is projected to earn the largest salary among the Dodgers first-year arbitration-eligible players at $5.2 million thanks to his combination of production and service time. Taylor only played 26 games in the infield for the Dodgers in 22, and only one of those appearances was at shortstop, for one inning. You can read my previous look at the American League teams with crunch here. For more information, please read our Legal Disclaimer. Lets take a look at some of the options remaining free agents and potential trade deadline options. Prospects on the Fringe: Eury Ramos, Bryce Ball, Yovanny Cruz, Richard Gallardo, Yohendrick Pinango, Danis Correa, Chris Clarke, Cayne Ueckert. The OKC Dodgers preliminary roster has 32 total players, but the preliminary roster is not considered the official Opening Day roster. The 27-year-old hit .260/.343/.465 with a 127 wRC+, which places him among the elite offensive catchers in baseball as he eventually became the teams cleanup hitter. She is passionate about storytelling and believes that sports is a microcosm of life. Odds & lines subject to change. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. The Dodgers could remain with their revamped roster or look to make changes. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. Outmans stroke is short but steep, which allows him to still catch up to tough fastballs but will always leave him vulnerable to high whiff rates given the angle of contact. Clearly, theres swing-and-miss stuff in his arsenal, and theres a reason the Dodgers acquired the lottery ticket arm from Philadelphia last winter. The 25-year-old only pitched 30 innings after returning from Tommy John surgery and had mixed results, leading to a 4.50 ERA. Lux was scheduled to be the Dodgers' everyday shortstop in 2023, but he'll be forced to miss the entire season. 2022 Los Angeles Dodgers Roster (40-man) 2021 Season Record: 111-51-0, 1st place in NL_West ( Schedule and Results ) Postseason: Lost NL Division Series (3-1) to San Diego Padres Manager: Dave Roberts (111-51) President: Andrew Friedman (President, Baseball Operations) General Manager: Brandon Gomes Farm Director: William Rhymes There are so many players here that Pittsburgh cant keep/add them all, and while enough will likely fall off the bottom of the 40-man for the Pirates to roster the must-adds and the fringe pitching they like, and at least one of the catchers (Blake Sabol, Abrahan Gutierrez), there will undoubtedly be opportunities for a team that thinks it can augment one of the frame/arm strength pitchers on the fringe (Tahnaj Thomas, Santiago Florez, Eddy Yean) or that wants to hope its getting a rested/healthy Ricky DeVito or Cody Bolton, etc. Hoes and maybe pick wrong. Make sure to follow Dodger Blue on Instagram! Blake Treinens the sole stopper, and nearly everyone else involved in the picture could boom or bust. He earned the honor with Arizona in 2017 when he set career highs with 30 home runs and 105 RBI. You often burn two option years, or compress the developmental timeline of the player in a consequential way for him and the org, all while occupying a valuable 40-man spot, which comes with its own set of opportunity costs. Almost none of them contain exactly 40 players in-season because teams can add a player to the 40 to replace one who is on the 60-day injured list. The Yankees kept Isiah Kiner-Falefa and tendered him a contract this offseason perhaps in hopes of trading him to a desperate team. Because his ability ismodest. Pitchers Trevor Bauer Phil Bickford Justin Bruihl Walker Buehler. Have you subscribed to the Dodger Blue YouTube channel? Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. MLB believes in a ton of former Los Angeles Dodgers to make surprise Opening Day 2023 roster appearances, because of course they do. Taylors offense suffered as a result. in (Schedule and Results), Postseason: Lost NL Division Series (3-1) Jackson Stephens 53 . Current 40-man Count: 46 (6 on 60-day IL, though Adbert Alzolay is throwing in Arizona and might return during the season) That means teams may have to sign more players out of independent or partner leagues to fill the holes until the lockout is lifted, or assign players more aggressively than they would under normal circumstances. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. The Dodgers' best players under 25 years old on the 40-man roster Eddys Leonard and James Outman Here, we have two prospects who have yet to make their MLB debuts. Martinez and L.J. The Dodgers are in a strange place where they have an overload of moderately effective bullpen options, as well as a number of injury bounce backs, but are missing many of their stalwarts from recent years. The 24-year-old pitched 49.2 innings with a 3.26 ERA but missed some time due to an injury during the season. Luxs shocking injury is a devastating blow to their infield plans going into the season. Busch and Vargas (and Jorbit Vivas, who is already on the 40-man) are direct replacements for Justin Turner and Max Muncy if you want them to be, but as much as I like Jacob Amaya, theres no internal star shortstop to replace Trea Turner. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. OKLAHOMA CITY The Oklahoma City Dodgers and Los Angeles Dodgers have announced the OKC Dodgers preliminary roster as the team opens its 2022 season Tuesday at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. This change was done to make room on the 40-man roster after officially signing JD Martinez on Thursday. His results as a professional have been spotty, but Grove has frequently underperformed his peripheral numbers. . Heres how to watch and listen to the game. This could mean that one or possibly two young infielders that have yet to reach Double-A but have shown offensive potential could be exposed to the Rule 5 draft. Geoff Pontes answered questions regarding the Blue Jays system today. While Yusei Kikuchi has the inside track for the fifth job in the rotation, Toronto can still go in a variety of directions with the final spot on its bench. Much like Oakland, the Cubs have enough young talent coming aboard that they are a little less likely to take on several 2022 40-man additions in exchange for the players they might trade, but the crunch here isnt so dire that it should impact who they like as the centerpiece of those deals. Lamb is the other former Major League All-Star on the preliminary roster besides Greene. I am a prude, but we need the talents of Trevor Bauer. This leaves Reed with a couple options: he could automatically join a 40-man roster if a new team picks him up off waivers, or if he goes unclaimed, he could be released to the minors, and still within the L.A. system. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Garrett Cleavinger was traded on Monday with roster space in mind. Like Outman, Amayas strong fall could allow him to move up to Triple-A to start next year. If you were a prude, youd go by Richard or Rich. * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). Luxs development looked particularly optimistic after he spent time with Driveline working on increasing his bat speed and gained weight to increase his power at the plate. Though the 27-year-old Cleavinger posted impressive surface numbers during an 18-inning stint in Los Angeles in 2021, a slightly deeper dive (only slightly!) The Dodgers will also have a few tough protects on the mound, with a pair of more advanced arms that could be tried as relievers at the big league level. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Or maybe Eduardo Garcia or Mario Feliciano or Keston Hiura if youre dealing with a team like the Marlins. Luis Matos isnt hitting, and I cant even play the Arbitrary Endpoints Game to make it look like hes hitting recently. Previous work can also be found at Sports On Earth, CrashburnAlley and Prospect Insider. Tony Gonsolin made his spring debut, the Dodgers batters walked 10 times, and they came out of Tempe with a 2-2 tie against the Angels. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. The Dodgers and Yankees already worked together last year in the Joey Gallo trade last summer that netted them Clayton Better. CF Jeren Kendall never found a swing or plate approach to make consistent contact, and despite his immense athletic tools, may never be rosterable. And the Phillieswhen theyre searching for upgradesprioritize dealing OHoppe, Rojas, Muzzioti, Ortiz, and Marchan. Vargas, who made his MLB debut last year, is primed to play a key role for the Dodgers this season. Naturally! After a strong 2022 campaign, Gonsolin could push for a substantial salary increase, but the first year of negotiations never yields player-friendly numbers. The Dodgers play the Royals in their spring training game at Surprise Stadium on Saturday, March 4, 2023. Its easy to see him sticking on a big league roster given his positional versatility and plate discipline. Last year he batted a paltry .173 in 75 at-bats. If they have suitors for any of the relievers on the 40-man fringe, they can make some Kick the Can Down the Road trades without it precluding them from making a separate trade (or trades) for a long-term piece. Perhaps the easiest decision Los Angeles has on this front is adding CF James Outman to the roster. But they dont have to. RHP Michael Grove was a bit of a surprising second-round draft pick in 2018, having just undergone Tommy John surgery at West Virginia. Nez was dominant during his time at Triple-A last season, averaging less than a baserunner per inning while striking out 80 batters in 52.0 innings pitched. Even if Im right about that, its still tough to see the Dodgers loading five outfielders onto their 40-man in one fell swoop. Somebody explain to me why our expectations for David Price are so modest? You could conceivably move on from Jonathan Davis to make room for Carlos Rodriguez, or be fearful that things might click for hard-throwing (and wild) Abner Uribe during someone elses spring training. Cody Bellinger Cody Bellinger is entering his final year of. The 28-year-old was among the best relief pitchers in baseball during the 2022 season and earned the nickname High Leverage Honey Bun for his performance. The West Hills, Calif., native is known for his all-out play in the outfield and was named the 2015 Wilson Defensive Player of the Year. We have several players that can play third we dont need Bryant. Do you have a sports website? Alcides Escobar (age 36): Hes still playing? Dodgers pitchers are hesitant to use the PitchCom device to call their own pitches. His command of a mid-90s fastball is better than his walk rate would suggest, and he easily misses bats with a sharp downer slider. 7-, 10-, or 15-day injured list * Not on active roster Suspended list Roster, coaches, and NRIs updated February 16, 2023 Transactions Depth chart All MLB rosters SP. R. R. 25. Gambling problem? Roster last updated on Aug 27, 2022 @ 9:15pm (GMT) Print Roster Correction All-Time Roster. This is a best guess at how that process might go, and what pool theyre picking from.