00:00T-notes for the Dodgers, Andy Pages, Alex Vecchia and Miguel Rojas.
00:05If LA makes it to the World Series, they hope that injured players Rojas and Vecchia will
00:11be able to play again.
00:13Given his unlikely ability to pitch against the Mets, Alex Vecchia's exclusion from
00:18the Dodgers roster for the National League Championship Series was anticipated.
00:23A more difficult choice was to leave Miguel Rojas off the NLCS roster.
00:28If the Dodgers advance in the World Series, the team hopes that Vecchia's intercostal
00:33injury and Rojas' torn adductor will heal enough to allow them to be on the roster.
00:40Rojas wanted to play and took part in drills during Saturday's workout at Dodger Stadium,
00:45but the fact that he left Game 3 against the Padres due to more adductor discomfort and
00:50missed the next two NLDS games leaned the odds more in favor of caution for the Series.
00:56It was clearly challenging.
00:58Miguel Rojas is an integral member of our team, which makes us a much stronger unit.
01:04According to Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman, he impacts the
01:09game in a lot of different ways.
01:11But the aggravating nature of it all again, the defensive diving and how compromised the
01:16range would be, and how crucial it is to get him right.
01:20If Rojas had continued to play in the NLCS and then hurt himself again, being taken off
01:26the roster in the middle of the Series would have also prevented him from playing in the
01:30World Series.
01:32In the same way that Michael Grove was replaced on the roster following his shoulder injury
01:37during the NLDS, making him ineligible to pitch during that Series.
01:42The Dodgers intend to start Tommy Edmund at shortstop each game while Rojas is rested,
01:47which frees up center field.
01:49That goes to Quique Hernandez in Game 1.
01:53Additionally, Dave Roberts stated that Andy Pages will be in play to start and that Gavin
01:58Lux is unlikely to do so because left-hander Sean Minaya will start for the Mets in Game
02:042.
02:05With Pages in center field, Quique Hernandez would most likely start at second base in
02:09that scenario.
02:11The Dodgers wanted more roster flexibility in case Freddie Freeman leaves a game or doesn't
02:16start to move around due to his sprained ankle, but they also wanted to continue monitoring
02:21Freeman's injury.
02:23Kevin Kiermaier, an outfielder, was added to the roster for this reason.
02:28"'Having pieces that you can kind of mix and match is kind of necessary with Freddie given
02:33his physical condition and his potential to move in the outfield or in left field with
02:38a lead,' Roberts remarked.
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