"I don't know when Teo is going to come back, but he's going to need to be spelled," Roberts said.
Roberts added that he likes giving Max Muncy occasional days off, and Edman will move around alongside internal options like Miguel Rojas and Alex Freeland.
Espinal batted .
268 with four extra-base hits and one walk across 36 games for Los Angeles this season, making him redundant on the roster.
Additionally, the Dodgers plan for Shohei Ohtani to make his next pitching start on Wednesday, despite missing a game last Friday due to left knee inflammation.
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Ohtani returned as a hitter on Saturday, hitting a home run on his second pitch, and expressed confidence that the inflammation would soon be behind him.
