MILWAUKEE — The Dodgers will add right-hander Ben Casparius to their pitching staff for the National League Championship Series.
The Dodgers went with 11 pitchers (plus Shohei Ohtani) on their NL Division Series roster against the Philadelphia Phillies. For the longer best-of-seven NLCS which begins Monday night, they will go with 12 pitchers (plus Ohtani). Dropped from the roster to make room for Casparius was catcher Dalton Rushing.
The Dodgers carried three catchers for the NLDS because Will Smith was returning from a hand injury and wasn’t ready to catch nine innings until Game 3 of the series. Smith is expected to catch full-time in the NLCS.
Casparius was 7-5 with a 4.64 ERA and two saves in a swingman role for the Dodgers this season (43 relief appearances, three starts). He finished the season in Triple-A where he had a 3.38 ERA in five appearances.
Here is the Dodgers’ full roster for the NLCS:
PITCHERS (12) — LH Anthony Banda, RH Ben Casparius, LH Jack Dreyer, RH Tyler Glasnow, LH Clayton Kershaw, RH Roki Sasaki, LH Blake Snell, RH Blake Treinen, LH Alex Vesia, LH Justin Wrobleski, RH Emmet Sheehan, RH Yoshinobu Yamamoto
CATCHERS (2) — Will Smith, Ben Rortvedt
INFIELDERS (6) — Mookie Betts, Tommy Edman, Freddie Freeman, Miguel Rojas, Hyeseong Kim, Max Muncy
OUTFIELDERS (4) — Alex Call, Justin Dean, Teoscar Hernandez, Andy Pages
IF-OF (1) — Kike’ Hernandez
DH-P (1) — Shohei Ohtani
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