In the end, getting to the finish line will require everyone for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 2025 World Series winners required 40 different pitchers, tied for the most by an eventual champion — with the 2024 Dodgers, of course. The list of past names includes the likes of Julian Fernández and J.P. Feyereisen, Andrew Heaney and José Ureña. It takes a lot to survive a season.
Forty-one Dodgers pitchers will be in big-league camp this week. You might as well get to know them all.
No. 3, Edwin Díaz, RHP: Cue the trumpets for the Dodgers’ new closer. Only Kenley Jansen has more saves (334) since Díaz debuted in 2016. Even as Díaz (253) has flipped to the other side of 30, and his average fastball velocity dropped to a career-low 97.2 mph, he’s remained effective at missing bats.
No. 7, Blake Snell, LHP: The two-time Cy Young winner will take things slow this spring, as he manages a shoulder that bothered him through last year’s World Series. He’s left the door open to be ready for Opening Day, but his status will be a story all spring.
No. 11, Roki Sasaki, RHP: He’s a starter again, and for good reason. The Dodgers have every incentive see if Sasaki can be a big-league starter, and his talent suggests he can be. The keys will be seeing if he can consistently replicate the mechanics that got his velocity back late last season, and whether the cutter and two-seamer he fiddled with last season can be effective enough to make his arsenal work. He remains an unfinished product.
No. 17, Shohei Ohtani, RHP: The four-time MVP is expected to be a full go from the start of the season, but won’t pitch for Japan in the World Baseball Classic. We’ll see how his pitching buildup goes while managing all of that. But there is little reason to doubt him.
Tyler Glasnow has never made more than 22 starts in a season, but he’s a force when healthy. (Richard Rodriguez / Getty Images)
No. 18, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, RHP: What comes next after becoming an October legend? Yamamoto put himself among the best pitchers on the planet with a heroic postseason performance, including coming back on zero days’ rest in Game 7 of the World Series. The Dodgers will closely monitor how Yamamoto bounces back physically this spring (a stretch that includes pitching in the WBC). Including playoffs, he totaled 211 innings last season.
No. 28, Bobby Miller, RHP: Two seasons have passed since Bobby Miller seemingly positioned himself as the Dodgers’ future. Now, he’s looking up at the rest of the 40-man depth chart in spring training, trying to work his way back from a self-described “rock bottom.”
No. 31, Tyler Glasnow, RHP: Glasnow combated at least some of the narratives around him last October. He pitched well — and conquered unique situations — to help the Dodgers raise the trophy, including appearing in relief and pitching in back-to-back games during the World Series. Now comes another issue to conquer: He’s never made more than 22 starts in a season.
No. 35, Gavin Stone, RHP: The common idea now in the sport is that shoulder injuries are scarier to come back from than elbow injuries. That colors some of Gavin Stone’s return from surgery; while the Dodgers have plenty of starter depth, they still have high hopes for a guy who led them in innings in 2024.
No. 41, Brock Stewart, RHP: The Dodgers got four appearances from Stewart after last year’s deadline before he went down and headed for shoulder surgery. Still, this is one of the better arms against right-handed hitters when healthy, and valuable insurance if the Dodgers need more reliable right-handed relief.
No. 48, Brusdar Graterol, RHP: Graterol’s shoulder has betrayed him and limited him to just 10 innings over the past two seasons. But it’s hard to ignore how effective he’s been when healthy (career 2.78 ERA). If he can get back to full strength, he could play a big role.
No. 49, Blake Treinen, RHP: Treinen was not the same after missing a significant chunk of the season due to forearm trouble. Once he returned, the Dodgers had to spend months trying to get his proper release points back. By the time they did that, much of the damage had already been done. Manager Dave Roberts continued to deploy Treinen in tight spots until he really couldn’t any longer. The hope is that a full offseason allows him to reset after a lost year, rather than his 2025 being a harbinger of things to come.
No. 51, Alex Vesia, LHP: Vesia’s absence was very much felt during the World Series, as the left-hander dealt with the sudden loss of his newborn daughter. Any conversation about baseball feels trivial under those circumstances. He’s poised to return to the bullpen, where he’s emerged as one of the game’s great left-handed relievers since arriving in Los Angeles.
No. 59, Evan Phillips, RHP (in pencil): Phillips’ return remains up in the air, though there’s been mutual interest throughout the offseason after the Dodgers non-tendered the right-hander as he rehabs from Tommy John surgery. Phillips is set to return as soon as midseason; when healthy, he’s been one of the best value relievers in the sport.
No. 60, Edgardo Henriquez, RHP: He remains a tantalizing arm because of his velocity, but Henriquez’s effectiveness will depend on his ability to dial up his command even half a grade. He struggled in playoff competition in small samples each of the last two seasons, and a broken foot early last season robbed him of opportunities to work in games. It’s a luxury to have such a talented arm as depth, but Henriquez will have to work his way into a leverage role.
No. 61, Will Klein, RHP: From anonymous to World Series hero, it’s hard to believe Klein has made just 16 appearances in a Dodgers uniform. He has an intriguing arsenal, with enough pure stuff to bank on his upside as a reliever. The Dodgers revamped his slider last year, making him deadly against right-handed hitters and bolstering his confidence to attack in the strike zone. Now, let’s see it over a larger sample.
No. 63, Kyle Hurt, RHP: With just four big-league appearances to his name, it’s been a while since we’ve seen Kyle Hurt. The Dodgers took things slowly as he rehabbed from Tommy John surgery last season, but he’s expected to be ready at the start of spring. While he likely profiles best as a reliever, the team is keeping the option open of him going multiple innings.
No. 65, Paul Gervase, RHP: The tallest man in camp (listed at 6-foot-10) profiles as at least a depth option, with a chance for more. His delivery generates extension as well as anyone in the sport (99th percentile, according to Baseball Savant). If he can translate that into strikeouts the way he did with the Rays in the minors (13.9 strikeouts per nine innings), maybe the Dodgers have something.
No. 66, Tanner Scott, LHP: “It was terrible,” Scott said of his first season on a big deal with the Dodgers. The results back it up. Scott got too predictable in certain counts and veered away from his career norms. He’s been candid about what went wrong. But his stuff held, and the Dodgers’ confidence has held along with it.
No. 70, Justin Wrobleski, LHP: The left-hander came into his own midseason last year after tweaking his delivery, gaining some velocity and developing some confidence to throw his stuff in the strike zone. The results paid off, especially in a relief role, where he contributed 1 1/3 scoreless innings in Game 7 against Toronto. Wrobleski will stretch out as starter depth, but might fit best long-term in relief.
No. 77 River Ryan, RHP: All the tools are there for Ryan to take off, even if the 27-year-old has all of four career starts in the big leagues. Ryan said he’s put on 30 pounds of muscle since undergoing his Tommy John surgery, and his fastball velocity is already back in the triple digits. If he holds up physically, he could be more than just depth for the Dodgers.
No. 78, Ben Casparius, RHP: Casparius was arguably the Dodgers’ second-most valuable arm behind Yamamoto in the first half of last season, but warning signs were flashing in his rookie season. The Dodgers fiddled with his role as he went from multi-inning reliever to starter to short relief. In the process, Casparius became less effective against right-handed hitters. He’s expected to be available for multiple innings to start this season, but improving his effectiveness against righties is key.
No. 80, Emmet Sheehan, RHP: Sheehan has risen to the cream of the crop from the group of talented young arms the team has sent to the majors in recent seasons. Now, he’ll be entering his first full season after undergoing Tommy John surgery. The Dodgers will likely be mindful of his workload, but would anyone be surprised to see him build off what he did a year ago (2.82 ERA in 73 1/3 innings)?
No. 86, Jack Dreyer, LHP: The only two pitchers to go wire-to-wire for the Dodgers last season were Yamamoto and the rookie Jack Dreyer, who rode a sterling camp to Opening Day in Tokyo and finished as one of the team’s most reliable relievers. It’s been a whirlwind. Now, can he keep it up? As he acknowledged, he’s never had this short of an offseason before, and is coming off the highest innings total (80 1/3, including postseason) of his career.
No. 96, Landon Knack, RHP: This is Knack’s final season of minor-league options as he tries to find a stable foothold in the big leagues. That quest will have to start in the minors — his ERA at Triple A ballooned to 6.66 last year. Between the minors and the big leagues, he allowed a whopping 25 home runs in 145 innings.
Ronan Kopp, LHP: Kopp struck out 14.2 batters per nine innings between Double A and Triple A a year ago, enough for the Dodgers to put him on the 40-man roster to avoid him getting plucked in the Rule 5 draft. It’s a power arsenal. He relies on a fastball that touches the upper 90s, and plays it off his slider, with the Dodgers clearly banking on some upside.
Non-roster invitees
Nick Frasso, RHP: Frasso was non-tendered this winter after ending last season with another injury that left him on the 60-day injured list. However, he’s back on a minor-league deal as he tries to break through for his big league debut – four years after the Dodgers acquired him in the Mitch White trade.
Garrett McDaniels, LHP: McDaniels spent last spring training at Angels camp as a Rule 5 pick. He made 10 appearances as a converted reliever before he was returned to the organization that signed him as an undrafted free agent in 2022. McDaniels was effective in Triple A upon his return, with a 3.30 ERA in 30 innings with Oklahoma City.
Jackson Ferris, LHP: Ferris didn’t leap forward as expected last season, and command was to blame. As The Athletic’s Keith Law pointed out, he struggled to locate his fastball enough in the strike zone and started fading towards the end of starts. He’s still intriguing and one of the better starting pitching prospects who hasn’t pitched in Triple A for the organization yet.
Adam Serwinowski, LHP: Serwinowski is one of the most interesting Dodgers prospects you’ve hardly heard about. That’s partially because he arrived as the most anonymous piece of a three-team deal the Dodgers inserted themselves into at this past year’s trade deadline. He put up six strong starts in High A after the deal, and now can fully go into the team’s pitching development lab with his new organization. It’s a difficult delivery to repeat as a starter, but he can prove some people wrong with a step forward.
Patrick Copen, RHP: Copen’s story goes beyond what a simple blurb could provide. That he rebounded to get back on a professional mound is inspiring. But Copen’s full season of work in 2025 was also good enough to land him on the radar, with several different fastballs that play off each other. He’s a real prospect.
José Rodríguez, RHP: The good with Rodríguez: He struck out 84 batters in 54 innings, with eye-popping stuff that had him on the verge of a call-up at different points last season. Still, the results weren’t great, with a 5.50 ERA and eight home runs allowed during that stretch.
Carlos Duran, RHP: Adding to the trend of “intriguing arms the Dodgers have brought back into the organization,” Duran was sent to the Athletics in early April for Esteury Ruiz. Duran made his debut in May. He made just one appearance before spending the rest of the season in the minors, then elected free agency. Strike-throwing has been the issue, as he walked 55 in 62 2/3 minor-league innings in 2025. Now back with his old organization, he’s reunited with his primary catch partner from last spring: Roki Sasaki.
Antoine Kelly, LHP: Once one of the top pitching prospects in the Milwaukee Brewers’ system, Kelly has bounced around in recent seasons. He’s struggled to throw strikes, and it’s difficult for any pitcher to have much success at the Colorado Rockies’ Triple-A affiliate in Albuquerque. But the now-converted reliever remains worth monitoring.
Ryder Ryan, RHP: The brother of River Ryan was traded for Jay Bruce in 2017 and Todd Frazier in 2020. He has bounced around since, with brief big-league call-ups with the Mariners (in 2023) and Pirates (in 2024). Now, he’ll get to share at least a spring training clubhouse with his brother for the first time since they were at North Mecklenberg High in North Carolina.
Cole Irvin, LHP: The veteran big-league starter spent last season in Korea, making 28 starts with a 4.48 ERA with the Doosan Bears. Velocity and strikeouts aren’t his calling cards, as he struck out just 6.6 batters per nine innings in his major-league career. But he can generate soft contact and gives the team left-handed starter depth to soak up innings.
Chris Campos, RHP: The Dodgers took Campos in the seventh round of the 2022 draft, converted him from a two-way player into a starting pitcher and have seen him turn into an effective strike-thrower who finished 2025 in Double A (4.19 ERA in 126 2/3 innings). He has a high floor.
Luke Fox LHP: Fox was drafted by the Dodgers after missing his final season at Duke due to Tommy John surgery, but has recovered and quickly become an interesting arm in the system. The stuff plays up from the left side, as he showed in his first full season post-surgery. In 2025, he had a 2.85 ERA and 110 strikeouts in 98 innings between High A and Double A.
Carson Hobbs, RHP: Yes, another Dodgers draftee who was selected after a Tommy John surgery. The team took Hobbs and used his power fastball (clocked at nearly 100 mph) to tap into some of the results that never came in college at Samford. He had a 7.12 ERA over 40 appearances in college. However, he found a way to erase damage and walk, while dominating the minors in 2025 (2.04 ERA in 42 appearances in High A and Double A).
Wyatt Mills, RHP: A sidearmer with big-league time who hadn’t pitched in affiliated ball in two years due to Tommy John surgery re-emerged at Triple-A Worcester with the Red Sox organization last year. Mills actually finished last season in the Dodgers organization, though he never threw a pitch in the organization before returning for this spring.
Jerming Rosario, RHP: Rosario had shown enough in his career as a starter through 2024 that the organization invited him to the Arizona Fall League. In 2025, however, the move to relief didn’t pay immediate dividends. He walked too many batters (5.8 batters per nine), didn’t strike out enough of them to make up for it and had a 4.67 ERA in his 46 appearances.
Jordan Weems, RHP: Weems made four big-league appearances with the Astros last season, but most of his big-league work before that came with the Washington Nationals. The key for him has been his fastball — in 2023, his best season, he got a swing-and-miss on the pitch 23.9 percent of the time. In 2024, a big step back, it was 17 percent of the time.
Lucas Wepf, RHP: His intriguing delivery and power stuff explain both the high walk rate and high strikeout rate for the reliever prospect. He’s at least a fringe option for the big-league club as soon as this season, so long as he can dial in the command.