The Dodgers on Wednesday finalized their opening day roster, setting the 13 pitchers, 12 position players and one unicorn for the start of the season.
It’s the first time on an opening day roster for Will Klein, and Edgardo Henriquez, and the second time for Justin Wrobleski, who was active for the first game last March in Tokyo, but did not pitch and was optioned before the second game overseas. All three pitched in the majors in each of the past two seasons, and that trio combined for 12 scoreless innings in the 2025 World Series.
Wrobleski will be in the bullpen for the opening series or two, but he’s basically part of a six-man starting rotation that won’t be as taxed due to four off days in the first three weeks of the season. The Dodgers bullpen though does have three traditional left-handed relievers in Tanner Scott, Alex Vesia, and Jack Dreyer.
It’s also the first opening day roster for switch-hitter Alex Freeland, who made his major league debut last July. Freeland will platoon at second base, beating out Hyeseong Kim, who was optioned to Triple-A Sunday.
“I think with Alex, with what he’s done in Triple-A already, he’s really played well. There’s nothing left for him to prove there,” manager Dave Roberts said Sunday. “For us to give him a little bit of runway to see what we’ve got in him, to give him an opportunity to play here for us against right-handed pitching, and just kind of see where it goes.”
Another first opening day roster for Dalton Rushing, who made his major league debut last May. At 25 years, 33 days old on Thursday, Rushing is the youngest Dodgers catcher on an opening day roster since Russell Martin in 2007.
The Dodgers open the season on Thursday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Dodgers opening day roster
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Two-way player (1): Shohei Ohtani
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Starting pitchers (5): Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow, Roki Sasaki, Emmet Sheehan, Justin Wrobleski
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Right-handed relievers (5): Edwin Díaz, Blake Treinen, Ben Casparius, Will Klein, Edgardo Henriquez
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Left-handed relievers (3): Tanner Scott, Alex Vesia, Jack Dreyer
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Catchers (2): Will Smith, Dalton Rushing
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Infielders (6): Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, Max Muncy, Miguel Rojas, Santiago Espinal, Alex Freeland
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Outfielders (4): Teoscar Hernández, Andy Pages, Kyle Tucker, Alex Call
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