Somebody explain to me why our expectations for David Price are so modest? This change was done to make room on the 40-man roster after officially signing JD Martinez on Thursday. Hes a quality prospect, but just far enough from the big leagues to buy the organization another year of development. The 26-year-old missed the entire 2021 season due to Tommy John surgery, and this year threw only 34.2 innings, but he did post an impressive 1.82 ERA. Nevertheless, Bauer is a cancer and the Dodgers are glad hes gone, and now just have to figure out how to stop paying him and free up $40M for a few starters! Even after the club's first cuts Thursday, the Dodgers' roster. 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. Keegan Matheson. Davis injury puts his 2023 readiness in doubt, the Cubs are slated to use a purely developmental spot on Kevin Alcantara, and many of the other 40-man outfielders (like Nelson Velzquez, Christopher Morel and Alexander Canario) are very young. ESPN. 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. Current 40-man Count: 50 (10 on 60-day IL) . 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. The wave of young players that has begun to arrive has another building up behind it (with another next year), and its likely to get bigger as the Pirates trade some players over the next few days. Current 40-man Count: 46 (6 on 60-day IL, though Adbert Alzolay is throwing in Arizona and might return during the season) Dodgers pitchers are hesitant to use the PitchCom device to call their own pitches. Erlin, Gaviglio and Romero all return to the United States after spending 2021 overseas. Because his ability ismodest. Similar to last season, a Triple-A roster can hold a maximum of 33 players, although only 28 players will be active per game. Only two players on the preliminary roster have never played above Double-A in their careers: Vargas and outfielder Ryan Noda. Potential Dodgers shortstop options after Gavin Luxs ACL Injury. Must-Add Prospects: Peyton Burdick, Andrew Nardi, Josh Simpson, Sean Reynolds The writers here can write a Little about him, but youll be moderated and silenced if you express your 1st. 1025 E Main St. Berlin, PA 15530. If added to the 40-man roster, Odor would get an $800,000, one-year contract. Lets take a look at some of the options remaining free agents and potential trade deadline options. 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. Jacob Amaya (Rule 5 protection) Michael Grove (Rule 5 protection) Altogether, here's the 40-man roster as it stands today. De La Rosa spent parts of the next four seasons with the Yomiuri Giants of the Nippon Professional Baseball League in Japan, where he went a perfect 4-0 with an excellent 2.53 ERA in his combined 137 games and 124.1 innings pitched - all in relief. (IL-60) are included on the 40-Man tab. 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. The next shortstop on the depth chart is Eddys Leonard who has only played at the High-A level with the Great Lakes Loons. Data Provided By Even if you just get a flier pitching prospect like the Marlins did for Justin Bour a couple of years ago, they might want to explore a Jess Aguilar trade. She received her B.A. MLB believes in a ton of former Los Angeles Dodgers to make surprise Opening Day 2023 roster appearances, because of course they do. SP. Of the 32 players on the preliminary roster, 24 have previous Major League experience and 12 appeared in the Major Leagues last season with a different organization besides the Los Angeles Dodgers: pitcher Yency Almonte (Colorado), infielder Eddy Alvarez (Miami), pitcher Beau Burrows (Detroit/Minnesota), pitcher Jon Duplantier (Arizona), pitcher Carson Fulmer (Cincinnati), infielder Jake Lamb (Chicago-AL/Toronto), outfielder Jason Martin (Texas), pitcher Reyes Moronta (San Francisco), outfielder Kevin Pillar (New York-NL), pitcher Mike Wright Jr. (Chicago-AL), Wolters (Chicago-NL) and pitcher Daniel Zamora (Seattle). The number of prospect-eligible playersby BA standards that means no more than 130 at-bats for hitters or 50 innings or 30 games for pitcherson 40-man rosters is significant. Might as well figure out who from this list the Dodgers will trade or dfa because if its full they have to make room somehow. There are some extremely high-caliber prospects among that group, including three of the top 10 on BAs Top 100 Prospectsthe Mariners Julio Rodriguez, the Rays Shane Baz and the Blue Jays Gabriel Morenoand 35 of the Top 100 overall. (President, Baseball Operations), Attendance: 3,861,408 Pending Free Agents: 5 (Ben Gamel, Jos Quintana, Yoshi Tsutsugo, Roberto Prez, Jake Marisnick) Schedule. Valera is the largest (62 200 lbs.) Yency Almonte is arbitration eligible for the first time in his career following a breakout season, which gives the Dodgers three more seasons of control. Miller could make an impact at the Major League level as well in 2023, but first is expected to. Torontos bench is extremely left-handed, and maybe the defensive flexibility created by a Tatis/Kim/Abrams contingent in San Diego could enable them to roster someone like Aguilar, but most contending teams already have an Albert Pujols or Yermn Mercedes-type of hitter in place, meaning Aguilar isnt an obvious upgrade for them. Im just curious to see just how bias the Dodgers truly are regarding cutting off their noses to spite their face regarding him and that situation. in Journalism from the University of Southern California in 2022. Martinez and L.J. All advice, including picks and predictions, is based on individual commentators opinions and not that of Minute Media or its related brands. Another older collegiate Tommy John survivor, RHP Gus Varland, had a rough return from injury in his first season with Tulsa in 2021. The Dodgers had Lux, formerly their minor league player of the year in 2019, slated in the starting shortstop role after Trea Turner moved on to Philadelphia and Justin Turner signed with Boston this offseason. No Kenley Jansen, of course. These 3 Dodgers are DFA candidates before the 2022 roster is settled 3. He currently remains under investigation for allegations of sexual assault. 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. Also explain why Beaty is even on the roster? . For more information or to purchase tickets, visit okcdodgers.com/tickets or call (405) 218-2182. the only reason we took him in the trade with the sox because Boston needed him gone to save $25M/yr for 3 years. All are in their 40-man evaluation years. Espaol. Ramos and Pages have huge tools, but in all likelihood the Dodgers would be using a developmental 40-man spot on both of them (and Diego Cartaya) next year, as each has a risky hit tool. There are arguably more fringe pitchers here, guys like depth starter Javier Assad, once-exciting high school draftees Jeremiah Estrada and Bryan Hudson, and some of the college arms like Hunter Bigge and Michael McAvene who looked like they were breaking out but have plateaued. 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. Fans should start to get used to the idea of Cody Bellinger being non-tendered, as hes hovered around replacement level for the last couple of seasons and will likely be due close to $20 million in arbitration. Prospects on the Fringe: McKinley Moore, Ben Brown, Andrew Schultz, Michael Plassmeyer, Scott Moss (currently rehabbing), Jakob Hernandez. Moreover, teams will have to figure out how to fill the roster spots of 40-man players who would normally begin the season in the minors. 9). 116-46, 847 Runs, 513 Runs Allowed, Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Saturday, March 4, 12:52AM. Much more unsightly, and might have Cleavinger ranked as the lowest man on the current totem pole. Pending Free Agents: 0-3 (Joey Wendle and Jess Aguilar each have mutual options, but even if Wendles is declined, hes headed to arbitration and likely to be back. After a poor 2021 and 2022, Bellinger is a candidate to be non-tendered. After a strong 2022 campaign, Gonsolin could push for a substantial salary increase, but the first year of negotiations never yields player-friendly numbers. Kiner-Falefa has the versatility the Dodgers usually appreciate. Of the 1,200 possible spots, 389 are occupied by prospect-eligible players. Most teams add a handful of players every offseason, while others will add just one, and some may add as many as 10. Tony Gonsolin enters his first year of arbitration as one of the Dodgers who qualified for Super Two. Current 40-man Fringe: Ryan Sherriff, Damon Jones, Sam Coonrod (currently rehabbing), Mark Appel, Rafael Marchan, Smon Muzziotti, Yairo Muoz, Luis Garca, Jhailyn Ortiz CF Jeren Kendall never found a swing or plate approach to make consistent contact, and despite his immense athletic tools, may never be rosterable. He earned the honor with Arizona in 2017 when he set career highs with 30 home runs and 105 RBI. The Dodgers wont be able to keep everyone, and some of these names could end up as trade fodder in the days leading up to Friday. Dick your exactly right but the 35 million dollar pitcher is the elephant in the room. If the Dodgers need another roster spot, one other player on the list could be up for DFA. 2020 was one of the most memorable years in recent memory and not for good reason as, Prior to the Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Angels playing to a tie at Tempe, Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda is being honored Saturday with the, FOCO released new 2023 World Baseball Classic bobbleheads, with Los Angeles Dodgers, Dodgers 40-Man Roster Assessment For 2022 Offseason: Will Smith, Cody Bellinger, Dustin May, Trayce Thompson & More Eligible For Salary Arbitration, Dodgers Prospects Jose Ramos & Andy Pages Pushing Each Other To Improve, seven players with a contract in place for the 2023 season, 10 players entering free agency at the end of the World Series. Current 40-man Fringe: Mitch White, Trayce Thompson, Cody Bellinger, Phil Bickford, Caleb Ferguson, Eddy Alvarez Previous work can also be found at Sports On Earth, CrashburnAlley and Prospect Insider. on February 25, 2022 Right now, teams in Arizona and Florida are holding mini camps at their minor league complexes. Here is a list of all 37 Top 100 Prospects who are on 40-man rosters and will not be able to play or train with their teams until the owners lift the lockout. While not officially part of the 40-man roster, players on the 60-day injured list (IL-60) are included on the 40-Man tab. Current 40-man Fringe: Chris Stratton, Kevin Newman, Josh VanMeter, Greg Allen, Duane Underwood Jr., Dillon Peters, Manny Bauelos, Bligh Madris, Canaan Smith-Njigba, Cal Mitchell, Miguel Yajure, Jack Suwinski, Eric Stout, Yohan Ramirez, Hoy Park Gambling problem? The Colorado Rockies also have an interesting situation brewing. Estvez tied for the team lead in games played. All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. Flowers, Jared Triolo, Blake Sabol, Abrahan Gutierrez, Maikol Escotto, Matt Gorski, Mason Martin, Santiago Florez, Eddy Yean, Tahnaj Thomas, Ricky DeVito. But the consequences of adding a player prematurely are not small. Current 40-man Count: 46 (6 on 60-day IL) All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. Even if Im right about that, its still tough to see the Dodgers loading five outfielders onto their 40-man in one fell swoop.