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OKC Dodgers Release Preliminary 2023 Roster

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March 30, 2023 – Pacific Coast League (PCL)Oklahoma City Dodgers News Release

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma City Dodgers and Los Angeles Dodgers have announced the OKC Dodgers’ preliminary roster as the team opens its 2023 season Friday at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.

The OKC Dodgers’ preliminary roster has 29 total players, but the preliminary roster is not considered the official Opening Day roster. The maximum amount of active players per Triple-A roster is 28, and the official roster will be determined prior to Friday’s season opener.


The roster features two of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ top six prospects, per Baseball America: Infielder Michael Busch (No. 4) and starting pitcher Gavin Stone (No. 6). Busch opened last season with Double-A Tulsa but primarily was a mainstay in Oklahoma City’s lineup. Between the two levels, Busch tied for the overall Minor League lead with 118 runs scored, while ranking third overall in the Minors in total bases, tied for third with 70 extra-base hits and was fifth with 108 RBI. His 32 home runs tied for the Dodgers’ organizational lead and was tied for sixth overall in the Minors.

Stone is coming off a breakout season which saw him honored as the 2022 Los Angeles Dodgers Branch Rickey Minor League Pitcher of the Year. The right-handed pitcher dominated at three different levels, rising from High-A to Triple-A throughout the season, and his cumulative 1.48 ERA was best in the Minors. Stone registered 168 strikeouts over 121.2 innings, tying him for ninth overall in the Minors. Of his 26 outings, he allowed two or fewer runs in 24 games, including 15 scoreless performances. Stone is scheduled to be the team’s Opening Night starter Friday.

Another player ranked on Baseball America’s top Dodgers prospects is infielder Devin Mann (No. 22). Mann spent most of 2022 with Tulsa before joining OKC for the final two months of the season. Between the two levels, Mann posted an .844 OPS with 16 home runs while setting career highs in runs scored and walks.

In addition to Busch, three other players are on the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 40-man roster: relief pitchers Justin Bruihl and Victor González and infielder Yonny Hernández. Bruihl shuttled back and forth between Los Angeles and OKC last season, making 24 appearances in the Majors and 25 appearances with OKC. González was limited to 12 appearances with OKC in 2022 due to injury, but between the 2020-21 seasons, he pitched in 59 regular-season games for Los Angeles and was a…

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