After two years of early overseas trips and truncated Cactus League schedules, the Dodgers are back to a full-fledged relatively normal spring training this season, with four and a half weeks of games in preparation for the regular season.
Besides Ohtani, the other Dodgers position players slated for WBC play are Hyeseong Kim, who will also head overseas for pool play with Korea, and catcher Will Smith for Team USA.
We can look back to 2023 for a similar spring training for the Dodgers, though a more robust contingent that year took part in the WBC. Still, the full spring schedule coupled with some stars taking time away led to loads of playing opportunities for others still in camp. The same holds true this spring for the Dodgers, with now 77 players in big league camp after outfielder Jack Suwinski was claimed off waivers on Saturday.
Of those six players mentioned, only Outman was on the 40-man roster.