The Los Angeles Dodgers have spent much of the season playing with a short — four-man — bench. They took it to extreme measures for three games last week by carrying an extra reliever, which left three players on the bench.
The issue was mitigated prior to the series opener against the San Francisco Giants, with Kyle Farmer receiving the call from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Farmer was added to the Dodgers’ 40-man roster last fall but had yet to make his MLB debut.
That moment came in Farmer’s third game with the team. He was the last player off the bench, used as a pinch-hitter in the bottom of the 11th in the series finale against the Giants.