It won’t be long before the Los Angeles Dodgers get another roster boost with key players returning from the Injured List.

Roki Sasakin, Taner Scott and Michael Kopech all threw bullpen sessions earlier this week and are beginning to eye returns. Kopech is reportedly pain free and will be activated on August 27, which is the soonest he is eligible.

Kirby Yates landed on the 15-day IL with lower back pain, and while the Dodgers have still not been able to identify the source of the pain, manager Dave Roberts has expressed confidence that Yates would return to the mound before long.

Infielder Hyeseong Kim is on the IL with a shoulder injury, but Robert has said that Kim is “about 90 percent” and will have a “short-lived” stint on the Injured List. Kim has already been swinging a bat and taking ground balls before games.

Help is on the way. But of course, that means the Dodgers are going to have to make some corresponding moves to clear the way for returning injured players.

Here are three Dodgers players that I don’t expect to survive the late season roster crunch when they get players back from injury.

LHP Justin Wrobleski

Justin Wrobleski has done a really admirable job eating quality innings for the Dodgers while the roster has been depleted.

Wrobleski has a 3.94 ERA this season in 48 innings pitched, but since the start of June, it’s 3.00 on the dot.

Wrobleski hasn’t done anything wrong, I just don’t know if the Dodgers will have room for a low-leverage long relief arm once everyone gets back healthy.

Anthony Banda and Alex Vesia aren’t going anywhere. Once Tanner Scott returns, that’s three lefty arms in the buklpen. No need for a foruth.

With Michael Kopech returning and Emmet Sheehan on the roster, Dave Roberts will have plenty of multi-inning relievers to turn to as well.

SS Alex Freeland

It has been fun watching shortstop prospect Alex Freeland get his first taste of the big leagues over the last week.

Freeland is the No. 3 prospect in the Dodgers organization and he’s had himself a solid 2025 season in Triple-A. He was more than deserving of a shot once Hyeseong Kim went down, but I don’t see Los Angeles moving on from a veteran infielder to keep Freeland in the big leagues.

I’d bet Freeland, who is batting .286 with a .624 OPS in six games, is sent back to Triple-A upon Kim’s return. We’ll probably see him back in MLB once rosters expand at the beginning of September.

RHP Ben Casparius

Ben Casparius was such a pleasant surprise at the beginning of the year. He’s thrown some big innings for the Dodgers this season and helped them tread water, but the 26-year-old right-handed pitcher is fading down the stretch.

Casparius has an 8.16 ERA in his last 14 outings, dating back two months to June 7. His WHIP is over 1.70 over that stretch.

Prior to June 7, Casparius was repping a 10.2 K/9 in 39 innings. Since, his K/9 has cratered to 5.4 over 28.2 innings.

Once Kopech, Yates, and Scott are healthy enough to join a bullpen with Vesia, Banda, Brock Stewart, Blake Treinen, and Alexis Diaz, I think Casparius is optioned or shut down for the season.