The Dodgers made one more roster move to close out the regular season, calling up pitcher Landon Knack to provide coverage on the final day of the regular season.
It’s the first time back in the majors in nearly four months for Knack, who went through the grinder that is the Pacific Coast League with a 7.32 ERA with 14 home runs allowed in 82 1/3 innings since June, with 75 strikeouts and 46 walks. He finished off his Triple-A season on September 19 with six scoreless innings, working around six walks.
Knack in the majors this season has a 5.12 ERA and 6.37 xERA with 35 strikeouts and 18 walks in 38 2/3 innings. His 10 home runs allowed are tied for fourth on the team.
Andrew Heaney was optioned one day after he was called up and pitched two innings, becoming the 62nd different Dodger in 2025. Heaney has over 10 years of major league service time, far more than the five years necessary to refuse any type of minor league assignment. But these types of arrangements are sometimes worked out ahead of time, per Article XIX(A)(3) of the collective bargaining agreement:
Any Player who has a right to refuse the assignment of his contract under paragraph 2(a) above may grant consent to an assignment of his contract in advance of any specific contemplated assignment if such consent (a) is granted not more than ten (10) days prior to the start of the championship season for which the consent is given, (b) is in writing, (c) designates the assignee Club and (d) requires that the assignment take place within 45 days from the start of the championship season or the date on which the con- sent is granted, whichever is later.
Optioning Heaney, rather than the alternative of designating him for assignment, keeps him available should a situation arise that the Dodgers want to use him in the postseason.