{"id":277852,"date":"2025-10-04T19:35:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T19:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/277852\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T19:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T19:35:08","slug":"dodgers-phillies-announce-nlds-rosters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/277852\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers, Phillies Announce NLDS Rosters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Game 1 between the Dodgers and Phillies takes place today in Philadelphia, with Shohei Ohtani<\/a><\/strong> (in his first playoff pitching appearance) facing Cristopher Sanchez<\/a><\/strong> in the pitching matchup.\u00a0 Here is how each club has arranged their 26-man roster for the NL Division Series\u2026<\/p>\n

Dodgers catchers: Ben Rortvedt<\/a><\/strong>, Dalton Rushing<\/a><\/strong>, Will Smith<\/a><\/strong>
Infielders: Mookie Betts<\/a><\/strong>, Freddie Freeman<\/a><\/strong>, Max Muncy<\/a><\/strong>, Miguel Rojas<\/a><\/strong>
Outfielders: Alex Call<\/a><\/strong>, Justin Dean<\/a><\/strong>, Teoscar Hernandez<\/a><\/strong>, Andy Pages<\/a><\/strong>
Utility players: Tommy Edman<\/a><\/strong>, Enrique Hernandez<\/a><\/strong>, Hyeseong Kim<\/a><\/strong>
DH\/right-handed pitcher: Shohei Ohtani
Left-handed pitchers: Anthony Banda<\/a><\/strong>, Jack Dreyer<\/a><\/strong>, Clayton Kershaw<\/a><\/strong>, Blake Snell<\/a><\/strong>, Tanner Scott<\/a><\/strong>, Alex Vesia<\/a><\/strong>
Right-handed pitchers: Tyler Glasnow<\/a><\/strong>, Roki Sasaki<\/a><\/strong>, Emmet Sheehan<\/a><\/strong>, Blake Treinen<\/a><\/strong>, Yoshinobu Yamamoto<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Phillies catchers: Rafael Marchan<\/a><\/strong>, J.T. Realmuto<\/a><\/strong>
Infielders: Alec Bohm<\/a><\/strong>, Bryce Harper<\/a><\/strong>, Otto Kemp<\/a><\/strong>, Edmundo Sosa<\/a><\/strong>, Bryson Stott<\/a><\/strong>, Trea Turner<\/a><\/strong>
Outfielders: Harrison Bader<\/a><\/strong>, Nick Castellanos<\/a><\/strong>, Max Kepler<\/a><\/strong>, Brandon Marsh<\/a><\/strong>, Weston Wilson<\/a><\/strong>
Designated hitter: Kyle Schwarber<\/a><\/strong>
Left-handed pitchers: Tanner Banks<\/a><\/strong>, Jesus Luzardo<\/a><\/strong>, Tim Mayza<\/a><\/strong>, Cristopher Sanchez, Matt Strahm<\/a><\/strong>, Ranger Suarez<\/a><\/strong>
Right-handed pitchers: Walker Buehler<\/a><\/strong>, Jhoan Duran<\/a><\/strong>, Orion Kerkering<\/a><\/strong>, Aaron Nola<\/a><\/strong>, David Robertson<\/a><\/strong>, Taijuan Walker<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Los Angeles made two changes to the roster that swept the Reds in two games during the wild card round.\u00a0 Kershaw and Banda join the fray in place of left-hander Justin Wrobleski<\/a><\/strong> and right-hander Edgardo Henriquez<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 There was no doubt Kershaw would be returning to action after sitting out the Reds series, though in his final postseason appearance, Kershaw is slated to pitch in a relief capacity rather than in a starter\u2019s role.<\/p>\n

Smith hasn\u2019t played since suffering a hairline fracture in his right hand on September 9, though the fact that the Dodgers included him on the wild card series roster indicates that the catcher is getting at least close to game readiness.\u00a0 Chances are Smith is ready to go at some point during the NLDS, though Rortvedt and Rushing are both on the roster to keep L.A. from being shorthanded behind the plate.<\/p>\n

Both teams have plenty of big left-handed bats, which factored why each roster features six southpaws.\u00a0 The Phillies haven\u2019t announced their rotation beyond Sanchez today, but Suarez is probable for Game 2, and using Luzardo in Game 3 would mean Philadelphia is tossing three consecutive left-handed starters at Ohtani and company.<\/p>\n

News broke earlier this week that Johan Rojas<\/a><\/strong> was dealing with a quad injury, which removed any chance that the Phillies could put Rojas on the playoff roster following two months in the minors.\u00a0 The bench was instead filled out by two multi-position players in Kemp and Wilson, plus Sosa can play the outfield in a pinch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Game 1 between the Dodgers and Phillies takes place today in Philadelphia, with Shohei Ohtani (in his first…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":277853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[35125,7480,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-277852","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-anthony-banda","9":"tag-clayton-kershaw","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115317579783675061","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}