Ben Casparius receives the call.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are calling up the 25-year-old right-hander to get pitches out of the bullpen while designating reliever Brent Honeywell for assignment. Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic confirmed the news in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

Casparius began the season in Double-A, where he finished last season. He was promoted to Triple-A in May and stayed there for the rest of the season. In 13 starts, he is 3-3 with a 3.54 earned run average.

He played in five games for Tulsa before being promoted to Oklahoma City. In those two appearances, Casparius is 5-4 with a 3.48 ERA in 18 starts. He has struck out 95 batters in 77.2 innings, has a 1.25 WHIP and has held hitters to a .199 batting average.

Honeywell proved to be a reliable pitcher out of the bullpen for the Dodgers, reviving a pitch from a former Dodgers legend.

Mike Marshall, who played 14 years (1967-81) in the major leagues, used the screwball frequently in 1974, when the Dodgers right-hander went 15-12 with a 2.42 ERA and 21 saves and threw 208.1 innings in a major league-record 106 relief appearances, winning the NL Cy Young Award.

Marshall was the head coach at Saint Leo University, a Division II school in the Tampa Bay Area, from 1984 to 1988. Brent Honeywell Sr. was a pitcher for Saint Leo from 1985 to 1988 and learned to throw the same pitch.

“Mike Marshall taught my dad to pitch, and then my dad taught me to pitch when I was in high school,” Honeywell said. “I’ve been throwing it my whole career.”

Honeywell’s screwball was anything but fast, averaging 80.8 miles per hour and boasting an average drop of 45.1 inches and an average left-right break of 7.9 inches, according to Baseball Savant.

“Honeywell has been great,” manager Dave Roberts said. “He’s very confident. I love the strike-throwing aspect. It’s a wicked changeup screwball. I think we’re getting him at the right time — you know, a guy who got kicked in the teeth and was kind of down and out, and then he’s got a fresh start. As a 29-year-old player with not a lot of (major league) experience, I think he’s just scratching the surface.”

Casparius will be the second pitcher from the University of Connecticut to make his major league debut with the Dodgers, following in the footsteps of Emmet Sheehan.

Hopefully Honeywell will be signed to another team for the rest of the season.