Cody Snavely
Happy 2024 Opening Day (2.0)! The Dodgers will host the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2024 home opener in Los Angeles. However, prior to today’s game, the Dodgers announced the 26-man active roster.
Position players are set
C– Will Smith
1B– Freddie Freeman
2B– Gavin Lux
3B– Max Muncy
SS– Mookie Betts
CF– James Outman
RF– Jason Heyward
DH– Shohei Ohtani
Bench
UTL– Chris Taylor
UTL– Kiké Hernández
2B/SS– Miguel Rojas
Starting rotation is set
SP– Tyler Glasnow
SP– Bobby Miller
SP– Gavin Stone
SP– James Paxton
The bullpen (for now)
RP– Michael Grove
RP– Ryan Yarbrough
RP– Joe Kelly
RP– Alex Vesia
RP– Daniel Hudson
RP– Kyle Hurt
RP– Ryan Brasier
CP– Evan Phillips
Injured list/potential returns
The Dodgers already added several arms to the 10-day IL before the Korea Series last week. In the bullpen, Brusdar Graterol and Blake Treinen will miss the start of the season.
Treinen is still recovering from a comebacker that hit him in the ribs during a spring training game against the Texas Rangers on March 9. While nothing was broken, the Dodgers listed the IL stint as a bruised lung.
Graterol only made one appearance during Dodgers Cactus League play and has been sidelined with shoulder inflammation since March 2. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts initially stated that Graterol would be available by domestic Opening Day, but they decided to opt for an IL stint instead.
In the starting rotation, Dodgers right-handed starters Walker Buehler and Emmet Sheehan will each start the season on the IL, and both are expected to be delayed about a month.
Buehler was announced to be on a delayed start at the beginning of Spring Training and will likely go on a rehab assignment when the Minor League season starts.
Sheehan’s progress has been steady and encouraging. He began throwing again this past week, and while he’s still building up his arm, we can expect to see him back in action around April, bolstering the team’s strength.
On the 60-day IL, the Dodgers have already placed Clayton Kershaw, Dustin May, and Tony Gonsolin as they recover from their surgeries.
The Dodgers will have a few decisions to make when Buehler, Sheehan, Treinen, and Graterol are ready to be activated off IL, and it will depend on how Gavin Stone and others in the bullpen are performing or who has the most options.
Predictions/expectations/previews
Like every year, there is a lot of excitement surrounding the team; however, after the offseason, the Dodgers had that excitement at an all-time high.
Here at DodgersBeat, writers Steve Webb, Mike Salas, and I have written position preview articles and predictions for the team this season.
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