REPORT: 3 Dodgers players who should be left off the 2025 postseason roster

3 Dodgers players who should be left off the 2025 postseason roster

These decisions seem pretty clear.
Los Angeles Dodgers v Pittsburgh Pirates
Los Angeles Dodgers v Pittsburgh Pirates | Brandon Sloter/GettyImage

 

Even if this year’s iteration of the Dodgers will likely have to play in the Wild Card Round for the first time in four years, there’s no denying they have a roster filled top to bottom with talented players.

Shohei Ohtani is set to bring his two-way prowess to the postseason for the first time. Andy Pages is one of the game’s best young stars. Yoshinobu Yamamoto has turned into a front-line ace.

But just because the Dodgers have that much talent doesn’t mean that they don’t have some underperforming players who could be liabilities in October.

With that in mind, here are three Dodgers who should spend October sitting on the bench.

These three Dodgers wouldn’t be much help on the playoff roster

Blake Treinen

While Tanner Scott is another option (he did say that baseball hates him, after all), Treinen is our pick for the disappointing reliever who should be left off the roster. Not only does he have an ERA above 5.00 for the season, but he recently made remarkable history by taking the L in five consecutive Dodgers losses.

Here’s a thing: Blake Treinen has been losing P in each of LA’s last 5 losses.Dating back to 1912, this is a first. 13 times, one pitcher has worn four of his team’s losses in a row. (Most recently: 1994 Tim Belcher, DET.) But never five!

(h/t @JasonBernard_ for looking it up) pic.twitter.com/WlQgLApd8A

— Mike Petriello (@mike_petriello) September 22, 2025

He allowed three runs in one inning against the Giants last week and posted a 11.57 ERA in his first seven innings of September. Hanging on in Arizona does not undo this damage. While Dave Roberts said that he still has trust in Treinen, this wouldn’t be the first time that Roberts talked out of both sides of his mouth when it comes to a player’s status on the roster.

The Dodgers could use Emmet Sheehan (who pitched seven strong innings prior to Trenien blowing the game) as a high-leverage reliever in place of the veteran righty.

Treinen was the star of the Dodgers’ postseason run last year, but they should do everything they can to keep him off this year’s roster.

Justin Wrobleski

While Wrobleski has been a bullpen weapon at certain points this year, he still hasn’t proven enough to earn a spot on the postseason roster.

There may have been a spot on the roster for him a couple weeks ago, but he could be the odd man out thanks to Roki Sasaki’s strong relief outing on Thursday, along with Clayton Kershaw also seemingly ready to work out of the bullpen.

Wrobleski’s posted a 4.91 ERA in 29 1/3 innings since the start of July while working primarily in long relief.

Don’t let his dominant inning against the Diamondbacks on Thursday fool you; he’s better suited being left off the postseason roster.

Michael Conforto 

Another abject disaster. Conforto signed a one-year, $17 million contract with the Dodgers in the hopes he could turn around the Dodgers’ struggles in left field, but he entered play on Tuesday hitting just .203 in 133 games.

Even if Conforto has hit .304 this month, he’s shown the Dodgers’ front office what kind of player he is, and it’s the kind of player they should leave off their postseason roster.

Alex Call has hit .254 since joining the Dodgers and provides more value on the bases and in the field, and he should have already lapped Conforto on the trust tree.

While the decision to leave Conforto off the postseason roster would undoubtedly sting the team’s front office, it’s the right thing to do for the health of the team.

 

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