Dodgers sign off on Miguel Rojas’ health, add pitching help on NLCS roster vs Brewers

After handling the Braves in the NLDS relatively easily, the Los Angeles Dodgers head into the National League Championship Series against the Brewers well-rested and eager to return to the World Series. That series starts on Sunday night, but there is still the matter of which players the Dodgers are taking into battle to settle.

Most of LA's roster choices were already pretty well set. Barring a crazy injury to someone like Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, or Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the usual suspects were always going to be made available in the penultimate round of the playoffs.

However, the Dodgers had a few questions to answer on the fringes of their roster, including whether or not Miguel Rojas was healthy enough to carry, as well as exactly how much pitching depth they would bring along. Sunday's NLCS roster release answered both questions, but it also brought the news that Hyeseong Kim lost his playoff roster spot.

Dodgers release NLCS roster that includes Miguel Rojas and Justin Wrobleski, but not Hyeseong Kim

The biggest news for LA might be including Rojas on the roster at all, given his health concerns. Rojas has been dealing with a back issue, but it was reported that he felt good after some recent workouts, and the Dodgers must feel good as well in order to be willing to bring him along to the NLCS. As for Kim, the Dodgers do lose a valuable pinch-running option by leaving Kim behind, but his overall value remains very limited at this point.

The Dodgers also included Justin Wrobleski as another left-handed pitching option. Many of the Brewers' scarier hitters hit left-handed, so adding Wrobleski makes sense. That said, it does nothing to solve Jackson Chourio, who has been putting together a legacy-making performance this postseason.

Other than that, it is business as usual for the Dodgers. They continue to have the deepest roster in baseball, and many of the guys who were banged up received some valuable rest after the NLDS. We'll see if that is enough to take down a very tough team in Milwaukee, but it does appear as though the Dodgers still have all the roster ingredients to beat anyone.

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