Triple-A Oklahoma City roster is one to watch
03/28/2025 10:17 AM
Major league pitchers Bobby Miller, Landon Knack, Justin Wrobleski, and Nick Frasso are in the OKC rotation, and the lineup includes top prospects Dalton Rushing and Alex Freeland, among others.
The Dodgers' Triple-A affiliate in Oklahoma City is now the Comets, and they start their season on Friday night with a three-game series in Texas against Sugar Land, the Astros' affiliate.
On Thursday, the Comets announced their preliminary roster for opening day with a mix of top prospects and major league-caliber pitching. Scott Hennessey is managing Oklahoma City this season after managing in Double-A Tulsa since 2017.
Landon Knack and Justin Wrobleski combined for 18 starts in their first major league season last year, and Knack pitched throughout the postseason as well. Bobby Miller started a playoff game as a rookie for the Dodgers in 2023, though struggled through an injury-plagued 2024 that ended with the worst ERA in team history with a minimum of 10 starts.
Nick Frasso, who was a top Dodgers pitching prospect prior to missing all of 2024 after shoulder surgery, starts on Friday for Oklahoma City, followed by Carlos Duran, then Miller.
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Dalton Rushing is the Dodgers' top position-player prospect, a consensus top-30 prospect in the sport with an average ranking of No. 21 overall. The catcher, drafted in 2022 out of Louisville who was a Branch Rickey Award winner as the Dodgers minor league player of the year, already hit in his first taste of Triple-A last season, hitting .273/.396/.511 with a 128 wRC+ and nine home runs in 37 games.
Shortstop Alex Freeland is also a consensus top-100 prospect, after playing the final two months of 2024 with Oklahoma City.
Three position players on the Dodgers 40-man roster are on Oklahoma City's roster: outfielder James Outman, middle infielder and outfielder Hyeseong Kim, and catcher Hunter Feduccia.
Reliever Matt Sauer is also with Oklahoma City, and Thursday trade addition Noah Davis will join the team soon as another pitcher on the Dodgers' 40-man roster.
Veteran outfielder Eddie Rosario stuck around on his minor league deal and will start the season with Oklahoma City, as will infielder Michael Chavis. Both were non-roster invitees in Dodgers camp this spring.
Other NRIs from spring on OKC's roster include Sam Carlson, Julian Fernández, Jose Hernandez, Joe Jacques, Justin Jarvis, and Jack Little, and Justin Dean. Austin Gauthier, Kody Hoese, Ryan Ward, and Chris Okey are returnees to Oklahoma City this year, as is pitcher Alec Gamboa.
Oklahoma City roster
- Starting pitchers (5): Nick Frasso*, Bobby Miller*, Landon Knack*, Justin Wrobleski*, Carlos Duran
- Right-handed relievers (8): Matt Sauer*, Noah Davis*, Logan Boyer, Sam Carlson, Julian Fernández, Justin Jarvis, Jack Little, Ryan Sublette
- Left-handed relievers (4): Alec Gamboa, Ben Harris, Jose Hernandez, Joe Jacques
- Catchers (3): Dalton Rushing, Hunter Feduccia*, Chris Okey
- Infielders (5): Hyeseong Kim*, Michael Chavis, Alex Freeland, Austin Gauthier, Kody Hoese
- Outfielders (4): James Outman*, Justin Dean, Eddie Rosario, Ryan Ward
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