Dodgers’ 2025 non-roster invite list includes top prospects and seven players with big league experience
by Megan Garcia
The Dodgers announced non-roster invitees to 2025 Spring Training Camp. Seven of the 24 players have Major League experience, while the Dodgers’ top six prospects also made the invitational list — most notably with №1 prospect Roki Sasaki and №2 prospect Dalton Rushing.
Sasaki will get his first taste of Major League Spring Training after he signed with the Dodgers on Wednesday. Rushing, the Dodgers’ 2024 Branch Rickey Minor League Player of the Year, returns to Camelback Ranch after he hit 26 home runs and drove in 85 runs with Triple-A Oklahoma City and Double-A Tulsa.
Non-roster invite and infielder David Bote played six seasons with the Chicago Cubs (2018–2022, 2024). He played 37 games for the Cubs in 2024 and had a .304 batting average and .725 OPS.
Reliever Giovanny Gallegos leads the veteran pitching group. He has a 3.49 ERA during his nine-year career with the Cardinals and Yankees, along with postseason experience. The right-hander owns a 2.79 ERA in 10 postseason appearances with the Cardinals — eight of them being scoreless.
This is the full list of Spring Training non-roster invitees:
Pitchers (13)
· Sam Carlson (RHP/reliever): 4.25 ERA in 44 games with Double-A Biloxi in 2024 (Milwaukee Brewers’ Minor League system)
· Carlos Duran (RHP/starter): 3.71 ERA and 12.3 strikeouts-per-nine innings rate in 19 starts with Triple-A Oklahoma City, Double-A Tulsa and Single-A Rancho Cucamonga in 2024
· Julian Fernández (RHP/reliever): 1-year MLB veteran; 2.55 ERA in 50 games between the Mexican League and Dominican Winter League in 2024
· Jackson Ferris (LHP/starter): №71 prospect in MLB; 3.20 ERA and 1.18 WHIP in 27 starts for Double-A Tulsa and High-A Great Lakes
· Giovanny Gallegos (RHP/reliever): 8-year MLB veteran; 6.53 ERA in 21 games for the Cardinals in 2024
· Jose Hernandez (LHP/reliever): 2-year MLB veteran; 3.38 ERA in seven games for the Pirates in 2024
· Joe Jacques (LHP/reliever): 2-year MLB veteran; 9.00 ERA in two games with the Red Sox and Diamondbacks in 2024
· Justin Jarvis (RHP/starter): 4.55 ERA in 28 games (10 starts) in Mets’ Minor League system in 2024
· Jared Karros (RHP/starter): 2.79 ERA, 1.08 WHIP in 15 starts with Double-A Tulsa and High-A Great Lakes; son of Eric Karros
· Jack Little (LHP/reliever): 3.79 ERA in 47 games with Triple-A Oklahoma City and Double-A Tulsa
· Jose Rodriguez (RHP/reliever): 3.38 ERA in 25 games (eight starts) for High-A Great Lakes and Single-A Rancho Cucamonga in 2024
· Roki Sasaki (RHP/starter): №1 prospect in MLB; 2.02 career ERA in the Nippon Professional Baseball league in Japan
· Matt Sauer (RHP/reliever): 1-year MLB veteran; 7.71 ERA in 14 games with the Kansas City Royals in 2024
Catchers (3):
· Griffin Lockwood-Powell: .231/.303/.369/.672, 14 home runs in 111 games with Double-A Tulsa
· Chris Okey: 2-year MLB veteran; .236/.283/.327/.610 in 45 games with Triple-A Oklahoma City
· Dalton Rushing: №30 prospect in MLB; .271/.385/.512/.896 with Triple-A Oklahoma City and Double-A Tulsa
Infielders (4)
· David Bote: 6-year MLB veteran; .304/.333/.391/.725 in 37 games with the Cubs in 2024
· Alex Freeland: №72 prospect in MLB; .260/.387/.442/.829 in 136 games with Triple-A Oklahoma City, Double-A Tulsa and High-A Great Lakes in 2024
· Austin Gauthier (infielder/outfielder): .253/.374/.359/.733 in 130 games between Triple-A Oklahoma City and Double-A Tulsa in 2024
· Kody Hoese: .287/.361/.474/.835 with Triple-A Oklahoma City
Outfielders (4)
· Justin Dean: .246/.353/.359/.711 in six seasons in the Atlanta Braves’ farm system
· Josue De Paula: №40 prospect in MLB; .268/.404/.405/.809 in 107 games between Single-A Rancho Cucamonga and High-A Great Lakes last season
· Zyhir Hope: №75 prospect in MLB; .290/.419/.484/.903 with Rookie-level Dodgers and Single-A Rancho Cucamonga in 2024
· Ryan Ward: .258/.331/.488/.819 in five seasons in the Dodgers’ farm system; 34 home runs in 2024 set a career high
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