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Dodgers bolster roster, return CF Andy Pages, RHP Roki Sasaki from IL
The moves give Los Angeles more depth as it chases a first-round playoff bye and prepares for a series with major postseason implications.
- The Los Angeles Dodgers activated center fielder Andy Pages and right-hander Roki Sasaki from the injured list on Tuesday, optioning pitcher Emmet Sheehan and catcher Eliezer Alfonzo to Triple-A Oklahoma City.
- These roster moves come one day before the team hosts the San Diego Padres in a series with major postseason implications, as the Dodgers seek a first-round bye in the MLB playoffs.
- Pages, an All-Star, returns batting.272 with 21 home runs, while Sasaki rejoins the pitching staff after a blister injury sidelined him since late August.
- Despite recording 24 strikeouts over 17 innings this month, Sheehan heads to Triple-A, though manager Dave Roberts projects the pitcher for a postseason bullpen role.
- The Padres series begins Tuesday with the Dodgers needing three wins to clinch a National League Division Series bye, while San Diego aims to secure a wild-card berth.
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Dodgers bolster roster, return CF Andy Pages, RHP Roki Sasaki from IL
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Dodgers Make Flurry of Roster Moves Immediately Before Huge Padres Series
The Dodgers officially optioned two players to Triple-A Oklahoma City to make room for Roki Sasaki and Andy Pages on their active roster just before a three-game series against the Padres.
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[Sports Chosun Reporter Park Sang-kyung] Roki Sasaki (LA Dodgers) is returning to the bullpen ahead of the postseason. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts announced after the game against the San Francisco Giants at home at Dodger Stadium on the 21st (KST), "Sasaki will move to the bullpen starting from the next series." Entering his second year in the big leagues, Sasaki has started all 23 games this year. His season stats are 119⅓
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