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Brasier

Nightengale noted that the Dodgers need to clear spots on their 40-man roster for new additions LHP Tanner Scott, RHP Roki Sasaki, and potentially more players that the Dodgers want to add. To do that, they need to trade away some current players, and Brasier with a $4.5 million salary makes some sense. The 37-year-old was solid for the Dodgers last season, posting a 3.54 ERA, 0.96 WHIP, and 25/5 K/BB ratio in 28 innings of middle relief. There is a chance a team will be interested in acquiring him because he has previous experience working in the late innings as well.

Landon Knack will be available to go long tonight, but in a do-or-die game with everyone available and pretty fresh, this might turn into a true bullpen game for the Dodgers.

It’ll be a straight bullpen game for the Dodgers, as Brasier will likely go two innings at most before giving way to the next arm. There’s no fantasy significance in that role.

Brasier is back following a nearly four-month absence recovering from a right calf strain that sent him back to the injured list in late April.

The 36-year-old right-hander noted that his stuff was good during his minor league rehab assignment, with his fastball sitting in the 95-96 mph range. He’ll add yet another weapon to an already deep and talented Dodgers’ bullpen.

Brasier landed on the injured list back in late April with a right calf strain and appears to be getting close to a minor league rehab assignment.

The procedural move opens up a spot on the Dodgers’ 40-man roster to claim reliever Jose Hernández from the Pirates. Brasier has been on the shelf since late April recovering from a right calf strain.

Brasier has made 12 appearances for the Dodgers while composing a 4.68 ERA and 12/2 K/BB over 11 2/3 innings. Gus Varland will take Brasier’s place in the bullpen. The calf strain will keep Brasier out at least two weeks, with a chance for him to return in the middle of May if all goes well.

Tyler Glasnow will be pushed back to Wednesday in an effort to get him an extra day of rest. Braiser will take the ball to kick off a bullpen game for Los Angeles against the division-rival Giants. It’ll presumably be some combination of Ryan Yarbrough and Michael Grove gobbling up the bulk of the innings in this one, which makes it difficult for fantasy managers to extract much overall value.

The Dodgers are betting on the gains Brasier made with his new cutter last year by giving him a two-year deal and trading Caleb Ferguson to make room for him. The latter is actually the bigger gamble, since Ferguson figured to remain pretty useful in the middle of the pen. Brasier had a 0.70 ERA in 38 2/3 innings after joining the Dodgers last season.