TORONTO — The Dodgers left Alex Vesia off the World Series roster they submitted on Friday morning and Manager Dave Roberts said Vesia “most likely” will miss the entire series.

Vesia did not travel to Toronto with the team. He and his wife, Kayla, are dealing with a “deeply personal family matter,” the Dodgers announced on Thursday .

“It’s certainly on our hearts and we miss him, and we’ll be thinking about him,” Roberts said Friday.

The Dodgers could have put Vesia on family bereavement leave and activated him at some point during the series. But that would have put a three-to-seven day limit on his absence. Now Vesia could only be added to the roster as a replacement for an injured player.

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