LOS ANGELES (AP) — Left-hander Alex Vesia and shortstop Miguel Rojas could be added to the Los Angeles Dodgers roster for the World Series while left-hander Nestor Cortes appeared set to activated by the New York Yankees for Friday's opener. Vesia was left off the NL Championship Series roster after an intercostal injury while warming up for NL Division Series Game 5 against San Diego on Oct. 11.
Rojas hasn't played since Game 3 versus the Padres on Oct. 8 due to an adductor injury. Right-hander Brusdar Graterol, sidelined since Sept.
24 by inflammation in his pitching shoulder, also hopes to return. “Everybody is trending in the right direction,” Roberts manager Dave Roberts said Thursday. “We’re going to have some more difficult conversations, which I think is a good thing.
I think Alex threw 15 pitches yesterday in a sim game, and the stuff looked good. Then Graterol has been throwing. I think he’s trending in the right direction.
So I think that on the pitching side, we’re in a pretty good spot right now.” Graterol pitched three scoreless outings in the 2020 World Series against Tampa Bay. He was limited to seven regular-season appearances this season.
Los Angeles intends to stay with 13 pitchers and 13 position players. Roberts said Graterol's month of inactivity will be considered. “It’s part of the math.
I think the other part is his track record in the postseason, how good he’s been, how good the heartbeat’s been," Roberts said. “We believe i.
