Ben Casparius

Benjamin Keith Casparius

• Bats Right, ThrowsRight
• Height 6' 2", Weight 215 lb.
• School University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Connecticut
• High School Staples High School
• Debut August 31, 2024

• Born February 11, 1999 in Westport, CT USA

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Biographical Information

Pitcher Ben Casparius was a winner in his major league debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers on August 31, 2024. He pitched a scoreless 8th inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks with the score tied at 6 and inherited the win when the Dodgers scored twice in the top of the 9th. Evan Phillips then came in to record the save. In three games for the Dodgers, he went 2-0, 2.16, which convinced the team to add him to the postseason roster. He pitched four times as the Dodgers won the World Series, earning a win in Game 6 of the NLCS against the New York Mets on October 20th, when he was the second pitcher in a bullpen game started by Michael Kopech. He then started Game 4 of the World series on October 29th as part of another bullpen game, going 2 innings and giving up a run.

Casparius was drafted by the Dodgers out of the University of Connecticut in the 5th round of the 2021 amateur draft. That seems pretty straightforward for a native of Connecticut, but he had in fact started his collegiate career at the University of North Carolina where he was a two-way player and more of a utility player than a top pitching prospect. He did play in the 2018 College World Series as a freshman, however. It was only in 2021, after transferring to UConn, that he began to concentrate full-time on pitching. He went 8-5, 4.03 in his only season with the Huskies.

His first couple of full seasons in the Dodgers' organization were only so-so as he put up ERAs of 5.22 and 5.27 in 2022 and 2023 respectively, but still managed to rise to AA within that time frame. He was much better in 2024, as he went 6-4, 3.31 in 19 games with 98 strikeouts in 81 2/3 innings before getting the call to Los Angeles.

He got off to a good start as a long reliever and occasional starting pitcher for the Dodgers in 2025 going 6-1 with an ERA of 3.25 through June 22nd. However, he had back-to-back awful outings on June 28th, when he succeeded Shohei Ohtani who had pitched two scoreless innings against the Kansas City Royals, and on July 4th when he started at home against the Houston Astros. He gave up six runs in both games, pitching 4 and 3 innings respectively, was charged with a loss both times, and both outings turned into lopsided games that forced manager Dave Roberts to use infielder Miguel Rojas in mop-up relief. The second game was an 18-1 loss, the worst at Dodger Stadium in franchise history, although he got some help from reliever Noah Davis in that one, as he gave up 10 runs in 1 1/3 innings. After the two rough outings, his ERA stood at 4.68.

Notable Achievements

• Won two World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2024 and 2025 (he did not play in the 2025 World Series)

Related Sites

• Ben Casparius on mlb.com
• University of Connecticut bio