Over recent years the Los Angeles Dodgers have stuck to a regular pattern with their top prospects in that they gained experience the September of the season prior to assuming a larger role. That changed in some regard last year with Will Smith, and now Gavin Lux may be next.
Smith was with the Dodgers for a stretch of the final month of the 2018 regular season, however he was never placed on the active roster. The club simply sought to have the young catcher become familiar with a Major League clubhouse and process before and after games.