Dodgers add LHP Jack Dreyer to 40-man roster

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The Dodgers on Tuesday added Jack Dreyer to the 40-man roster, which keeps him unavailable from being selected in the upcoming Rule 5 Draft on December 11.

Many of the prospects who were ticketed to be added to the roster here — college draftees from 2021, high school draftees and international signees from 2020 and earlier — ended up getting the call to the majors during the season. Justin Wrobleski, River Ryan, Ben Casparius, and Edgardo Henriquez all found their way to the 40-man roster from July to September.

Dreyer started the 2024 season by allowing only one unearned run in 14⅔ innings for Double-A Tulsa before getting promoted to Triple-A Oklahoma City in May. The left-hander was effective at the higher level as well with a 2.95 ERA in 37 appearances, including four saves, with 52 strikeouts against only nine walks in 42⅔ innings.

On the season, Dreyer struck out 72 and walked only 12, with a 26.4-percent strikeout-minus-walk rate that ranked second-best among all Dodgers minor league pitchers with at least 30 innings, behind only 30-year-old right-hander Michael Petersen who made his major league debut in June.

Dreyer this season was effective against all comers, including holding right-handed batters to just .171/.203/.301 with 46 strikeouts and five walks. Lefties hit .264/.316/.363 against him.

The Dodgers signed Dreyer as an undrafted free agent out of Iowa in August 2021, and in his three years in the minors has a 2.18 ERA in 124 innings with a 32.7-percent strikeout rate. He turns 26 in February.

Jack is the son of Steve Dreyer, who pitched for parts of two years (1993-94) for the Rangers, and turned 55 on Tuesday, the day his son was added to a 40-man roster.

With these moves, the Dodgers have 38 players on the 40-man roster, including 24 pitchers and 14 position players. Dreyer is one of only five left-handed pitchers on the roster, along with fellow relievers Alex Vesia and Anthony Banda plus Wrobleski and Zach Logue.