The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Opening Day roster is set after manager Dave Roberts announced the final spot in the bullpen will go to Scott Alexander. The left-hander beat out Dennis Santana, who drew praise for most of the spring.
“Very, very difficult decision,” Roberts said. “We thought Dennis had a great spring and really impressed with his progress, command and all that stuff. There’s really no viable reason or answer.
“It’s just more of a numbers game. We just felt right now, Scott has earned that roster spot.”
Alexander and Santana put up similar numbers in Spring Training, as the former went 0-1 with a 4.