{"id":88096,"date":"2025-08-11T07:46:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T07:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=88096"},"modified":"2025-08-11T07:46:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T07:46:21","slug":"report-3-dodgers-who-wont-survive-roster-crunch-when-injured-players-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=88096","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: 3 Dodgers who won&#8217;t survive roster crunch when injured players return"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"relative z-10\">\n<div class=\"article-intro mb-4 text-darkGrey font-group-large md:font-group-normal lg:font-group-large\"><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"Alex Freeland - St. Louis Cardinals v Los Angeles Dodgers\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_3159,h_1776\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/75\/01k25e24w86pyzmz02zg.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Freeland - St. Louis Cardinals v Los Angeles Dodgers\" width=\"3159\" height=\"1776\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">Alex Freeland &#8211; St. Louis Cardinals v Los Angeles Dodgers | Katelyn Mulcahy\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap justify-center lg:justify-normal\">\n<div class=\"flex lg:mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)] max-w-full\"><main class=\"min-w-0 flex-1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewablity-block\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">It won&#8217;t be long before the Los Angeles Dodgers get another roster boost with key players returning from the Injured List.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">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.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">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.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Infielder Hyeseong Kim is on the IL with a shoulder injury, but Robert has said that Kim is &#8220;about 90 percent&#8221; and will have a &#8220;short-lived&#8221; stint on the Injured List. Kim has already been swinging a bat and taking ground balls before games.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">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.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Here are three Dodgers players that I don&#8217;t expect to survive the late season roster crunch when they get players back from injury.<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">LHP Justin Wrobleski<\/h3>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Justin Wrobleski has done a really admirable job eating quality innings for the Dodgers while the roster has been depleted.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Wrobleski has a 3.94 ERA this season in 48 innings pitched, but since the start of June, it&#8217;s 3.00 on the dot.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Wrobleski hasn&#8217;t done anything wrong, I just don&#8217;t know if the Dodgers will have room for a low-leverage long relief arm once everyone gets back healthy.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Anthony Banda and Alex Vesia aren&#8217;t going anywhere. Once Tanner Scott returns, that&#8217;s three lefty arms in the buklpen. No need for a foruth.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">With Michael Kopech returning and Emmet Sheehan on the roster, Dave Roberts will have plenty of multi-inning relievers to turn to as well.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">SS Alex Freeland<\/h3>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">It has been fun\u00a0watching shortstop prospect Alex Freeland\u00a0get his first taste of the big leagues over the last week.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Freeland is the No. 3 prospect in the Dodgers organization and he&#8217;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&#8217;t see Los Angeles moving on from a veteran infielder to keep Freeland in the big leagues.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">I&#8217;d bet Freeland, who is batting .286 with a .624 OPS in six games, is sent back to Triple-A upon Kim&#8217;s return. We&#8217;ll probably see him back in MLB once rosters expand at the beginning of September.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"inline-text-17\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">RHP Ben Casparius<\/h3>\n<p id=\"inline-text-18\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Ben Casparius was such a pleasant surprise at the beginning of the year. He&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-19\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">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.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-20\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">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.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-21\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Once Kopech, Yates, and Scott are healthy enough to join a bullpen with Vesia, Banda, Brock Stewart, Blake Treinen, and Alexis Diaz, I think\u00a0Casparius is optioned or shut down for the season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Freeland &#8211; St. Louis Cardinals v Los Angeles Dodgers | Katelyn Mulcahy\/GettyImages It won&#8217;t be long before the Los Angeles Dodgers get another roster boost with&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>REPORT: 3 Dodgers who won&#039;t survive roster crunch when injured players return - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=88096\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"REPORT: 3 Dodgers who won&#039;t survive roster crunch when injured players return - News 365\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alex Freeland &#8211; 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