2 Dodgers pitchers whose roster spots are in jeopardy after Edwin Díaz signing

Fans may not have fully come down from the high of the Dodgers signing Edwin Díaz on Day 2 of Winter Meetings. We thought that we really might be stuck with another year of Tanner Scott as LA's closer; instead we're getting the most highly coveted closer on the free agent market.

And there's still reason to believe the Dodgers will do more. Díaz is really the only addition they've made this offseason if you don't count Miguel Rojas, and the bullpen still needs a lot of work. Pete Fairbanks is out there and has been a Dodgers target previously, and LA could tack Robert Suarez on as this year's Kirby Yates to Díaz's Scott (though with better results, hopefully).

Díaz and whoever else the Dodgers bring in should create some interesting competition for bullpen spots. Díaz, Scott, Alex Vesia, Blake Treinen (sadly), and Brusdar Graterol (who is expected be ready by spring training) should be locks, and that leaves just a handful of open spots for Anthony Banda, Jack Dreyer, Justin Wrobleski, Will Klein, Edgardo Henriquez, and Ben Casparius.

So who's most likely to get the boot? If the Dodgers put nine relievers in the bullpen, our money's on Wrobleski and Henriquez.

Dodgers might have to cut Justin Wrobleski, Edgardo Henriquez from the bullpen after Edwin Díaz signing

Dreyer was consistently good throughout the season and Klein was a postseason hero, while Banda and Casparius faded down the stretch, Dave Roberts seems to have more faith in that duo than Wrobleski and Henriquez, both of whom were recalled and optioned multiple times throughout the season.

The Dodgers plan to keep their starting pitching plans somewhat fluid to give their starters more rest days, which would mean a defacto sixth starter. Wrobleski might've been in that conversation last year, but a 4.32 ERA in 66 2/3 innings (following a 5.70 ERA in 36 1/3 innings in 2024) mostly in relief should take him out of the equation. Emmet Sheehan, River Ryan, and Gavin Stone are far more likely candidates.

Henriquez has his supporters, who swear that his high-octane stuff could make him the Dodgers' closer of the future when he works out some kinks. The Dodgers now have a veteran closer, and he's making a lot more money.

Wrobleski and Henriquez both have minor league options. If they're not traded during the offseason, it won't be surprising if they start 2026 in Triple-A.