Today marks the deadline for teams to submit to Major League Baseball their initial spring training player pools, which can comprise up to 60 players. Players are not eligible to participate in either a spring training or regular season game until they are included in the pool. Teams are free to change the makeup of the pools as they see fit. However, players removed from a team’s 60-man (for reasons unrelated to injury, suspension, etc.) must be exposed to other organizations via trade or waivers.
Not all players within a team’s pool are ticketed for MLB playing time, of course. Most teams will include well-regarded but still far-off prospects as a means of getting them training reps with no intention of running them onto a major league diamond this season. A comprehensive review of 2020’s unique set of rules can be found here.
The Dodgers’ initial player pool consists of the following players.
Right-handed pitchers
- Pedro Baez
- Walker Buehler
- Gerardo Carrillo
- Dylan Floro
- Tony Gonsolin
- Brusdar Graterol
- Josiah Gray
- Michael Grove
- Andre Jackson
- Kenley Jansen
- Marshall Kasowski
- Joe Kelly
- Dustin May
- Jimmy Nelson
- Dennis Santana
- Josh Sborz
- Ross Stripling
- Blake Treinen
- Edwin Uceta
- Mitchell White
Left-handed pitchers
- Scott Alexander
- Caleb Ferguson
- Victor Gonzalez
- Clayton Kershaw
- Adam Kolarek
- David Price
- Julio Urias
- Alex Wood
Catchers
Infielders
- Matt Beaty
- Omar Estevez
- Enrique Hernandez
- Gavin Lux
- Zach McKinstry
- Max Muncy
- Edwin Rios
- Corey Seager
- Justin Turner
Outfielders
The amount of depth the Dodgers have is absolutely absurd.
The much shorter season somewhat takes away their depth advantage but they still have position flexibility advantage. Anything can happen in 60 games. I wonder if MLB will bump up number of playoff teams, and I wonder if 60 games cheapens the season. Maybe not an asterisk but close to that.
“I wonder if 60 games cheapens the season.”
Understatement of the year.
Pitching and injuries are key. I still think the Yankees have the best roster for a short season. Their pen won’t get burned out by the time the playoffs start like in recent years. And this is coming from a Sox fan.
Brusdar Graterol is a cool name.
facts
The lineup of this team is scary. Their outfielders, Bellinger, Betts and Pollock, are elite. In addition to Taylor and Pederson. It’s going to be easy for them to win the division. However, I will support the San Francisco Giants from that division like I always do.
Pollock is going to be an expensive weak side platoon guy. Unfortunately due to injury or otherwise Pollock hasn’t been elite since 2015.
Lmao. Maybe do a little more digging than looking at his end year stats before projecting his future?
Pre DL- aka when he had metal from a previous surgery bothering his swing because he was healed- he had a 617 OPS
Rest of the year? After surgery? 885 OPS
Now what’s an 885 OPS from a LF? Among guys who took even 100 PA in LF- not hard- Pollock would have ranked 6th(!) amongst the whole league. Who’s he directly ahead? Ronald Acuna Jr
I’d call that an elite half of a platoon
ohhhh… Joc, the other half of the platoon you believe will be horrible, had a 876 OPS Last year, good for 11th in that same stat as before. 6th and 11th Highest OPS for LFs are part of a platoon…. I think that’ll work
You’re joking. 205 ABs is what they call a very small sample size. You wonder why most relievers have inconsistent stats? His last 27 ABs in post season were terrible if we’re going to ignore sample sizes. He was healthy enough to play the first month. Injury gets overblown just because he happened to get hot in the second half. Fact is his last three seasons he’s been right around 0.800 OPS and he can’t play CF anymore. The 2015 season is ancient history. He’s an expensive platoon player, and Joc will get more ABs and easily out OPS him. He’ll get additional ABs filling in for starters and DHing. It’s a short season so who knows how the numbers will shakeout but he’s closer to 0.800 OPS player than 0.885.
“I’d call that an elite half of a platoon”
0.2 WAR last year
Hmm yea that hot streak ended just in time to go 1-15 with 7 ks for Wash lol
Pollocks a 15 mill per yr guy and hes sitting out in a win or go home game is all you need to know
Last 4 yrs Pollock has a 801 Ops combined BUT magically hes going to rebound- Im not holding my breath
He was also terrible last year in the field
Omg injuries are overblown. He had an infection in his arm that required surgery. Are you kidding?
He played thru that for a whole month. Then comes back and has a 280 point increase in OPS over 3x as many games. Yet you want to use injured pollock To project how a healthy pollock will Play, while also ignoring how he played when healthy
And with the 15 PA vs Washington BS, pollock is paid 15M to hit lefties. You’re telling me you want to project how he will play vs lefties, based on how he hit two of the best RHP in the game? What an argument!
For Andy, all you’re telling me is while he posted a wRC of….1…. for an entire month, he was really bad
I can’t find a way to do the calculation, War for specific chunks of time, but I’ll bet money he was more the -1.0 before he hit the DL
Maybe, just maybe, he shouldn’t have playEd with a staph infection?
Maybe, just maybe, the dude is pretty average when he’s healthy, which by the way, he isn’t very often. You talk about how good he’s played when healthy. His numbers say otherwise. But hey, if you want to call the guy and elite platoon player, by all means.
He was a hell of a player when he was in Arizona. Unfortunately the injury Bug has bitten him far too often
Pollock is also a clubhouse problem. He thinks he’s world class, but he merely a so-so player. A real head case.
Pollock is a self-absorbed problem and he is injury prone. Strikes out a lot and isn’t a team player. He won’t come close to playing 60 games. Used to be a good center fielder but has lost much more than a step.
Yeah, he sounds like such a jerk where he takes responsibility for his failures and says he’s grateful for his teammates
“Just grateful for this organization,” he said. “It’s an amazing group of people, kind of a whirlwind of a year, a lot of ups, couple strange things personally.
“But having so many people get behind me was just awesome. I’m grateful, wish I could’ve done more to help this group. I was terrible in the postseason. We’ve just got to regroup, we have a good core here, so we have to look up.”
google.com/amp/s/dodgerblue.com/aj-pollock-gratefu…
Or how about 1st spring training where he was hanging out with the manager, our SS and former ROY and the de facto captain… saying howHe’s excited to play with them
google.com/amp/s/www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/…
And here’s JT PRAISING him for being a clubhouse go to guy for other players
“He shows up and is the same guy every day,” Turner said. “Obviously, it’s frustrating when you don’t have the success you want to have. … But for him to show up every day with a great attitude and a great work ethic, and get in the cage and try and figure things out when they weren’t going good says a lot about a guy — that their ship will weather any storm, and they don’t shy away from failure.”
dodgers.mlblogs.com/feature-friday-in-his-second-y…
You literally couldn’t be more wrong
“He shows up and is the same guy every day,” Turner said. “Obviously, it’s frustrating when you don’t have the success you want to have. … But for him to show up every day with a great attitude and a great work ethic, and get in the cage and try and figure things out when they weren’t going good says a lot about a guy — that their ship will weather any storm, and they don’t shy away from failure.”
I had a post 3x as long but it got flagged for no reason and who knows if that’s coming up . So I’ll leave you this. Turner saying you’re wrong, with one quote
dodgers.mlblogs.com/feature-friday-in-his-second-y…
We get it, you love Pollock 2015 and somehow think the hot tub time machine is coming back with that player
Typical Dodger fan thinks everyone on our team is great no matter what they do and always has an excuse on hand- Embarrassing …
You wanna compare a hurt Pollock….urr welll well why dont you just look at 2015 * Clown Town
He shows up with a great attitude. So do the fans. He has a great work ethic. But mediocre results. .266 BA last year, .279 career. We had him in AZ and cheered when he took a hike.
Or I’ve been a fan of pollocks game since he would seemingly beat LA on his own. And I’m an intelligent human being that knows a staph infection in your dominant arm is beyond debilitating. He didn’t wanna start the year on the DL with his new deal. Smart? Not at all. But if you’re trying to tell me the 20 games he played with a staph infection is more projectable than the 60 he played healthy, I’ll see you at the end of the year
And I’m happy to admit when LAD is wrong. Joe Kelly is horrible. But the fact is people on this site love to overblow how bad Seager is, how bad Pollock is, How bad of a teammate pollock is because he dissed AZ fans so that makes him a big meany, how bad Friedman is. It’s childish complaints. You don’t *have* to complain about something every year. So yes, I will continue to call them out when their opinions are baseless And I will cite my sources to prove you wrong too. Don’t make stupid comments if you don’t like it
Anybody who would play 20 games with a staph infection is your hero? I’d say he’s an imbecile.or a money-hungry a-hole.
I think Dodger fans hype up Seager more than people tear him down –
Dodger fans truly think Seager is just as good as Lindor….its just pure crazy town and delusional
Hero? Uh, no. It was beyond stupid to ignore the issue and try to play thru it. ESPECIALLY a staph infection. He could have lost his arm or worse if he continued to ignore it… I literally said it wasn’t smart for him to do this.. reading bro…
I said “ I remember Pollock Beating LA on his own”… that would mean playing against them… like when he played More than half a decade for a division rival, often making a clutch grab or a clutch hit. If you’re an LA fan, you know AZ always plays LA tough and Pollock was a big part of that for multiple seasons. That’s the player I see in pollock.
And him maintaining an over 800 OPS in each successive month once healthy proves to me talent hasn’t disappeared, he just needs to stop getting hurt. I don’t think he’s got any more metal in his arm from previous surgeries…. so yeah, I’m hopeful we get the man Pollock was for 3 months last year.
Do you prefer a shortstop with a Career 119 wRC+ or 128?
345 OBP or 368 OBP, career?
Average an 840 OPS, or 858 OPS?
354 wOBA or 361?
Let’s look at War per year! First year for both is partial so games in parentheses
A. 4.0(99), 5.5, 5.7, 7.6, 4.4
B.1.5(27!), 6.9, 6.0, 0.5, 3.3
I see a better per game rate in the first year for B, a better 2nd year for B, a better 3rd year For B, an injury year clearly one sided for A, and a slight favor for A in the most recent season
I do not argue that seager is eons better than Lindor. That’s wrong. I did and would continue to argue that the addition of Lindor and the subtraction of Corey is not a big enough net gain (and looking at history, that’s not even a guarantee) for it to be worth the additional Prospect costs Along with Losing Seager’s value. That’s a VERY sound argument. Prove me wrong
Gotta laugh how I just said this is a topic I’ll fight you on, and you try to fight me with no facts in your pocket. Classic
I see you leave out defense
Intentional ?? I bet so
Seems one player is going downhill and one is settling near a 6 war player every year per 162 (Lindor lost his first month last year)
Dodger fans know the one going downhill well
Defense is clearly accounted for in war
How can you talk about injury for lindor and ignore Seager was out a whole year with 2 surgeries, including hip surgery that historically has a long timeframe till the player is back to full value, and yet last year was Within 1 win of Lindors value? Then add in contract cost,Lindor is 10M more expensive for what, 1 win in war.. max? and seagers the better value
Seager lost 30 games too In 2019 so don’t go there
It’s quite clear seager needs a healthy 2020. But you’re foolish to say he hasn’t out produced Lindor before. And you’re also foolish to say Lindor is clear cut more valuable to a point the subtraction of Seager and a prospect Like May for Lindors addition would be justified
Lindor was worse till seager got hurt. They’re both 26. To say seager is over the hill is idiotic
Lets pump the brakes here-
I said a ton of Dodger fans think Seager is better straight up-
I dont know why you introduce added prospects/salaries/etc other than to delude the original argument. Who said he’s never had a better year than Lindor?
I see far too many similarities to bother Kyle though in career arc- Im weary and i think LAD is too- Id take a handsome 50/50 bet from ya hes not on the roster 22′
I’ll put out a simple question common sense.
Right now, who would you rather have in your lineup to win a world championship: Seager or Lindor?
Cartaya is only 18. Surprised they included him.
To get reps and workout with the team. He won’t play in any games.
All the talk about losing Mookie for nothing made me almost forget Brusdar. He’s gonna be fun to watch
Wow, what a deep roster! Too bad teams are only playing within their geographical divisions this year. I feel like the Dodgers could send their taxi squad to Baltimore or Pittsburg and win a few games for them. Even with the short 60 game season, the Dodgers really should win it all this year. They have both elite talent and elite depth. I would love to see LA sweep the Yankees, or better yet the Astros in the World Series. No asterisks required!
Easily the best team in baseball, on paper.
Luckily the game isn’t played on paper.
Deepest team by far. Best 40 man roster but do they have best 25 man playoff roster. Top 2 or 3 but in a playoff series anything can happen especially 5 game series.
Thanks, Dr Obvious
It’s Captain, though he did have Navy medical training.
He didn’t have 6 years of obvious medical school to not be called Dr.
Dodgers are stacked and have incredible depth. In a normal season, they would be,
on paper, as good of a preseason bet for a WS win as any team in baseball. I just don’t think this year is going to “normal” in any way, shape or form. Thus, I think the WS winner this year is gonna be a fluke (and may well deserve an asterisk next to their name as a result). I hope I’m wrong……
Out of all the teams that could win the WS and have an asterisk, the Dodgers are the one that would apply to the least. They are the best team in baseball on paper and have proven they are the best team in that division in the regular season. 60 games or 162 it doesn’t matter. Anyone who tries to say the Dodgers winning would be a fluke should take a lap.
Also the best team money can buy.
Tired cliche…..they have more homegrown talent than any other team. But keep trotting out the outdated criticism.
Homegrown talent (not a cliche?)
Outdated criticism (you have the original date logged somewhere?)
Get a life Meathead.
#INSTABLOCK
How about this one: you can pick your friends and you can pick your nose but you can’t pick your friend’s nose.
This is the best pool
I got this feeling that the season will never start especially with the virus coming back. Will be a lost season. Any word on if Dodger stadium will host the 2021 all star game?
The virus was never gone. Sports are happening no matter what the pessimistic ones think. They have easy access to the amount of testing to make it happen.
We get the 22 game
21 was already locked in to ATL
Wild suggestion – since you’re only renting Betts for 60 games, why not trade him now for prospects or players with controllable years?
Betts wasn’t acquired for the regular season. LAD wasn’t worried about the NL West with Betts. That’s all about October. As long as they have a shot of playoff baseball with Mookie, that’s what they traded for
La also has one of the best farms in baseball. They don’t need to worry about restocking the farm. The goal is a title
Dodgers look strong now. I dont want to hear excuses later.