March 30th, 2014 at 1:09 pm 
by Ron Cervenka The Dodgers have finalized their 25-man roster for this evening’s (domestic) season opener against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. The game will be televised on ESPN with the first pitch scheduled for 5:05 PM.
Because of Petco Park’s close proximity to Los Angeles, there are often more Dodger fans in attendance than Padres fans. Because of this, it is affectionately known as ‘Dodger Stadium South.’
(Photo courtesy of PetcoParkEvents.com)
Here is the Dodgers official 25-man roster (by position):
Pitchers (12):
Zack Greinke
Dan Haren
J.P. Howell (L)
Kenley Jansen
Brandon League
Paul Maholm (L)
Chris Perez
Paco Rodriguez (L)
Hyun-Jin Ryu (L)
Brian Wilson
Chris Withrow
Jamey Wright
Catchers (2):
Drew Butera
A.J. Ellis
Infielders (5):
Dee Gordon (L)
Adrian Gonzalez (L)
Hanley Ramirez
Justin Turner
Juan Uribe
Outfielders (5):
Mike Baxter (L)
Carl Crawford (L)
Andre Ethier (L)
Yasiel Puig
Scott Van Slyke
Infielder/Outfielder (1):
Chone Figgins (S)
Disabled List (6):
Josh Beckett, RHP (15-day, right thumb contusion, retroactive to March 19)
Chad Billingsley, RHP (15-day, right elbow surgery, retroactive to March 19)
Scott Elbert, LHP (60-day, left elbow surgery, retroactive to March 22)
Onelki Garcia, LHP (60-day, left elbow surgery, retroactive to March 22)
Matt Kemp, OF (15-day, right ankle surgery, retroactive to March 19)
Clayton Kershaw, LHP (Teres Major strain, retroactive to March 23)
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One thing I’m wondering about is, when Kemp gets activated does that mean Van Slyke gets sent down? He’s the only outfielder with options. Come to think of it Puig probably has options left, but he would have to hit .100 and get a lot of speeding tickets before the Dodgers would send him back to the minors. I like Van Slyke’s power bat coming off the bench, but as they say it’s a numbers game.
Actually, Mike Baxter has one year of options remaining and (in my opinion) I see him going back down before Van Slyke. In addition to having more pop than Baxter, Van Slyke is also a better option to spell Adrian Gonzalez at 1B than Justin Turner.
That being said, Baxter has proven himself to be a decent pinch hitter over the last couple of seasons, but my money is still on him to go down over SVS.