Like in the NL Championship Series, the Dodgers opted to carry 12 pitchers, including veteran Clayton Kershaw in his final series before retirement, and 14 position players. The latter group remains unchanged from the NLCS. Shohei Ohtani does not count toward the team’s pitcher limits because of his two-way player status.
Should the Dodgers place Vesia on the family medical emergency list, that would require at least a three-day stint to a maximum of seven days. If the Dodgers go that route, Vesia could return for Game 3, at the earliest, in Los Angeles.
While Scott was hopeful that he would be an option for the World Series roster after recovering from a minor procedure to treat an abscess in his lower body, he was not activated. Instead, the Dodgers called upon Klein and Henriquez, adding two righty arms to the ‘pen to help counter the Blue Jays’ right-handed bats.
Klein had three stints with the Dodgers in the regular season, striking out 21 batters against 10 walks in 15 1/3 innings and posting a 2.35 ERA. Henriquez made an appearance in the NL Wild Card Series against the Reds, failing to retire the three batters he faced and giving up one run in Game 1. He logged a 2.37 ERA in 22 regular-season appearances.
Casparius was added to the roster for the NLCS, but he did not make an appearance.
Catchers (2): Ben Rortvedt, Will Smith
First base (1): Freddie Freeman
Second base (1): Tommy Edman
Shortstop (1): Mookie Betts
Third base (1): Max Muncy
Outfielders (4): Alex Call, Justin Dean, Teoscar Hernández, Andy Pages
Bench/utility (3): Kiké Hernández, Hyeseong Kim, Miguel Rojas
Two-way player (1): Shohei Ohtani
Starters (3): Tyler Glasnow, Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Bullpen (9): Anthony Banda, Jack Dreyer, Edgardo Henriquez, Clayton Kershaw, Will Klein, Roki Sasaki, Emmet Sheehan, Blake Treinen, Justin Wrobleski
