With the Dodgers leaving Monday for their first trip of the season, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said infielder Zach McKinstry is most likely to be one of the three players added to the travel taxi squad, which is allowed under this year’s rules.

McKinstry, 25, has yet to make his Major League debut. In 2019, he batted .300/.366/.516 with 19 home runs in 121 games between Double-A Tulsa and Triple-A Oklahoma City. In 31 combined Spring Training and Summer Camp plate appearances this year, he notched 12 hits, three of which were homers, including one in an exhibition game against the Angels last Tuesday.

If a team carries three taxi squad members, one must be a catcher, and Roberts indicated the other will be a reliever, but he said neither of those is settled.

The only other catcher on the 40-man roster is 22-year-old Keibert Ruiz, who was late to Summer Camp. Non-roster journeyman Rocky Gale saw extended action in intrasquad games, but would need to be added to the roster.

Relief candidates on the 40-man include right-handers Tony Gonsolin, Josh Sborz and Mitch White, and left-hander Victor González. Non-roster pitchers include right-hander AJ Ramos.

Each team is permitted a three-player taxi squad for every road trip, giving them immediate options to replace an injured player or one who can't play due to COVID-19 concerns. The players will come from the 60-man player pool, but the goal of bringing them on the trip is to avoid putting a player on a commercial flight if an injury occurs.

One executive said he expects most teams to carry a pitcher, a utility player and a catcher on their taxi squads, though some could opt to bring two pitchers and a catcher.

These three players will be permitted to work out with the team on the road, while the catcher will also be allowed to serve as a bullpen catcher. At the end of the road trip, taxi squad players will return to the team’s alternate training site, though the catcher will be permitted to stay with the team as a bullpen catcher for home games.

• Dodgers catcher Will Smith’s home run leading off the ninth inning on Saturday obliterated the cardboard cutout stationed in the left-field home run seats. Austin Donley, whose picture was on the cutout, reached out to Smith via Twitter, asking, "Do I get to keep the ball?"

Smith reached back, saying, “Sorry I took your head off. Shoot me a dm and I’ll hook it up for you.”

With fans kept at a distance this year, Smith embraced the interaction.

“I thought it was awesome,” said Smith. “He tagged me, asking for a ball or whatever. I thought it was funny. I’ll hook him up with a ball and probably apologize again for hitting his head off.

“I think it’s great on social media, interacting with him that way. Every night, they’re not lining the foul line asking for autographs. Anything to keep them engaged means a lot to keep us going. That’s why we have the best fans in baseball.”

• AJ Pollock was in Sunday night’s lineup as designated hitter after missing Saturday’s game to be in Arizona with his wife, Kate, in order to take home their daughter, Maddi. It will be Maddi's first time going home, after she was born in May three months premature and weighing 22 ounces. Pollock explained what his quarantine break was like when he arrived late to Summer Camp.