Dodgers to make playoff roster cut but hope injured World Series hero isnt it

The Dodgers are planning to cut a position player from their playoff roster for their upcoming National League Championship Series against the Milwaukee Brewers.For now, though, they are hopeful that injured veteran infielder Miguel Rojas won’t have to be the casualty.Rojas remains questionable to be on the Dodgers’ NLCS roster, according to manager Dave Roberts, after he suffered a back injury in Game 3 of the NL Division Series this past week that left him unavailable for the team’s series-clinching victory in Game 4 over the Braves.However, during a video conference with reporters on Friday, Roberts said Rojas is feeling better and took “a step in the right direction” during a team workout at Dodger Stadium.“Today was encouraging,” Roberts said.“He took ground balls and took a couple rounds of BP.

So that was good to see.”Roberts emphasized that there is “nothing definitive” yet on Rojas’ status for the best-of-seven matchup against the Brewers, with the team waiting to see how he comes through another workout on Saturday after they travel to Milwaukee ahead of Game 1.“We’ve just got to be certain that if we do have him on [the roster], he can stay healthy,” Roberts said, wary of the possibility of having to remove Rojas from the roster mid-series because of his injury, which would leave him ineligible for a potential World Series under MLB’s playoff roster rules.But, Roberts also noted that an MRI revealed no new injury in Rojas’ back — just “stuff that he has had prior history” with — and reiterated that he was “encouraged, again, with what I saw today.”If Rojas is good to go, then the Dodgers will have to trim another position player from their roster for the NLCS, with the team planning to carry 13 pitchers for the best-of-seven matchup instead of the 12 it had for the five-game divisional round.The most likely candidate would be Hyeseong Kim, who was called up from Triple-A for the NLDS to serve as a pinch-runni...