Dodgers Make Surprising $72 Million World Series Roster Decision

The Dodgers left Scott off the World Series roster, opting to go with a relief corps of Anthony Banda, Jack Dreyer, Edgardo Henriquez, Will Klein, Roki Sasaki, Emmet Sheehan, Blake Treinen and Justin Wrobleski.

Future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw, in his last professional season, also figures to be a potential wildcard reliever, just as Sasaki has emerged as the Dodgers' fix to Scott's absence.

The Foul Territory show even raised the possibility of the Dodgers bringing in the veteran Kershaw to close out a hypothetical Game 7 as the most fitting possible end to his career.

Scott's Absence Raises Questions

While Scott's lower body injury paired with his second-half struggles make his absence not thoroughly surprising, it does leave the Dodgers with more questions than answers.

While the Blue Jays' relief corps have been well tested - specifically pitchers like Louis Varland, Brendon Little, Braydon Fisher, Mason Fluharty and Jeff Hoffman, the Dodgers' relief corps has been less certain.

The Dodgers only got 5 1/3 innings combined in the four NLCS games from relievers not named Sasaki, owing much to pure dominance in Games 1 and 2 from Blake Snell and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

Who will fill those innings in the event that Snell, Yamamoto, Glasnow and Ohtani fail to match their absurd NLCS numbers is the main question. They will almost certainly have a harder time against a more tenacious, determined Blue Jays team that owes its offensive success to tough at-bats and a blend of timely home runs and on-base excellence.

Of course, their rotation of four impossibly difficult starters could easily just shove en route to a four-game sweep, but it's hard to see that happening against this Blue Jays team in this year specifically.

The Dodgers seem to have the back-end of their bullpen set, with Sasaki's dominance leaving few questions to who will be on the bump in the ninth inning of a save situation, but it's just a matter of getting there - and that's where Scott, at his healthiest and best, would have been nice to have.