Shortly after Friday afternoon’s 5 p.m. PT non-tender deadline, the Dodgers announced that they had tendered contracts to all 10 of their arbitration-eligible players.

Perhaps unusual, but not surprising.

As a result and as of right now, the Dodgers current 40-man roster bears a striking resemblance to their 40-man roster when the final out of the 2018 World Series was recorded.

I mean, why on earth would they non-tender guys named Yasiel Puig, Corey Seager, Alex Wood, Joc Pederson, Kiké Hernandez, Chris Taylor, Pedro Baez, Tony Cingrani, Josh Fields, and Yimi Garcia, right?

Oh sure, catcher Yasmani Grandal, three-month rentals Manny Machado and Brian Dozier, and pitcher Ryan Madson all left for free agency, Chase Utley retired, Tim Locastro and Pat Venditte were designated for assignment, and pitchers Adam Liberatore, Tom Koehler, Erik Goeddel, and Zac Rosscup were outright released. But by and large, there isn’t a huge difference between the two rosters.

Most of the guys that you see in this photo taken immediately after the Dodgers won their second consecutive National League Championship are currently on the Dodgers 2019 40-man roster … for now.
(Photo credit Jon SooHoo – Click on image to enlarge)

I would be remiss not to mention that the Dodgers recently added farm hands Keibert Ruiz, Matt Beaty, Edwin Rios, Yadier Alvarez and Josh Sborz to their 40-man roster to prevent them from them from being snatched away during next week’s Rule-5 Draft, or didn’t mention that the Dodgers recently acquired left-hander Adam McCreery from the Atlanta Braves. But all of these guys will probably begin the 2019 regular season at Triple-A Oklahoma City, with the possible exception of McCreery (and hopefully Ruiz).

Also worthy of mention is that although there has been no official announcement from the Dodgers yet, it was widely reported on Friday that left-hander Tony Cingrani had agreed to a one-year contract for a reported $2.65 million, a modest raise from the $2.3 million that he earned during his injury-plagued 2018 season, thereby also avoiding arbitration.

All of this being said, and with two and a half months still to go before pitchers and catchers report for spring training at Camelback Ranch, you can bet that ranch that there will be additions and subtractions to that aforementioned current Dodgers 40-man roster.

…of that, you can be sure.