Pitching, what Dodgers presumed and today is his headache
Dodgers boasted a solid pitching that today is his headache, but not yet intense enough to hospitalize
Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Roki Sasaki, Clayton Kershaw, Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow and Shohei Ohtani himself. All luxury names to integrate a high -impact opening staff. Before the INCIO of the 2025 season, Andrew Friedmanpresident of Los Angeles Dodgers baseball operations, projected a rotation of six openers once the Ohtani star returned to the mound.
To support the work of the first innings, the MLB champion had a solid over -relief body ready, with a strut to finish off the games, Tanner Scott, added to the roster with another billionaire contract. Come on, Dodgers’ pitching staff was worthy of showing off, but what Friedman and the team outlined on paper has nothing to do with the current moment of Dodgers. Ohtani’s return, budgeted for May, is on the right track but has not happened; Roki Sasaki has not had the premiere that was expected in the major leagues and the law is part of a long list of injuries.
The Dodgers pitching department, the reason for presumption of the Angelina franchise before the start of the calendar is today its greatest headache. Although, eye, the club has shown enough talent to prevent this situation from becoming a real problem.
The Dodgers, with a body of pitchers undermined by the injuries, won their thirteenth series series on Saturday, after overcoming the New York Yankees in a reissue of the World Series that also favored the Angelino club. Despite the losses in the department of Pizcheo, the Californians remain at the divisional top. Chávez Ravine’s boys end May with a record of 15-12, sixth consecutive season that sign the fifth month of the year with winning brand.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto has led an opening rotation that has little to do with the initial projections we already talk about. The Japanese heads the three main departments with the Californians, come on, is the commander of the Triple Crown of blue pitching with six wins, 1.97 of average of admitted clean races and 75 strikeouts. Dustin May has seconded it in openings, however, it has a 3-4 mark.
The openers outside the reflectors in the projections of the season such as Landon Knack and Tony Gonsolin have given some oxygen to the manager Dave Robertsboth with six openings and both with three wins, each.
Dodgers has imposed endless vicissitudes in the pitching body, both opening and reliever, and has found its flotation point thanks to its great offensive, first in collective batting (.270) of the MLB, in scored races (340), in quadrangular (94), in percentage of embassation (.347) and in Slugging (.472).
The left -handed Blake Snell, with a shoulder injury, could return on June 11, is signed until 2029 by 136.9 million dollars. The former figure of the San Diego Parents, Dodgers division rival, has been a two-time Cy Young Award (in 2018 with Tampa Bay Rays and in 2023 with San Diego), it comes from a 2024 season in which it had a 5-3 record with San Francisco Giants and an average effectiveness of 3.12 with a whitish included. In this season he acted just in two meetings, with a 1-0, 2.00 Effectiveness and 9.0 Workshop. It is one of the calls to be struts in the blue rotation.
Tyler Gasnow is signed by the Dodgers until 2027 after an arrangement of four years and 115 million dollars. The right has been an important pitcher, as of 2019, in which he had three winning seasons with Tampa Bay Rays. In 2023 and 2024 he also signed winning calendars, the most recent last year in which it was its premiere with the Californians (9-6, 3.49 with 134.0 work innings). This time presents a shoulder injury that Margindo will have, at least until June 27.
The great figure Roki Sasaki, scheduled to return after June 25, accuses shoulder problems. The Japanese has a 1-1 mark in the campaign with 4.72 on average clean races admitted in 34.1 innings. Sasaki has not shown the performance that the MLB champion expected from him, in the midst of a natural adaptation process that justifies the hesitation in his departures, the franchise trusts that the right will soon validate in the mound the reasons why his signature in the preseason caused a media boom and even the envy of other equipment.
Blake Treinen, with the forearm injury, would return on June 18, reliever that last year acted in 50 regular seasonal games with a total of 46.2 entries and an enviable effectiveness of 1.93; This time, he has only participated in eight games.
Kirby Yates is out of a problem in the Corva and will return not before June 6. Yates did a great job in 2024 in which he saved 33 games with the Texas Rangers. It is recalled that in 2019 he was a rescue leader of the National League with 41. This season adds 22 departures with a single rescue and effectiveness of 4.34.
Dominican Luis García signed for a year and a million and a half dollars with the Dodgers. He is currently in the list of injured for a theme of adductor stiffness that will prevent him from launching from here to June 13. It is in its 13th season in the big leagues and this calendar has performed in 26 games with the same number of tickets released with an effectiveness of 4.50.
Michael Kopech was brought by Dodgers from the Chicago White Sox. With those of the ‘city of the winds’ had average admitted clean races (4.74) in 43.2 chapters; while with the Californians, in 24.0 rolls it presumes a great effectiveness of 1.13; Currently, he suffers a shoulder injury and his return could occur this Tuesday, June 3.
The reliever right Evan Phillips accused problems in the elbow that recently sent him to the operating room to practice Tommy John surgery, so the whole season will be lost. In 2025 he only had seven outings with 5.23.
The rookie Kyle Hurt launched just a couple of chapters in a game last year, this time adds 6.2 innings with 1.35 of effectiveness and will not be back before September 2 due to problems in the elbow.
The Venezuelan Brusdar Graterol is afflicted by a shoulder injury and is expected to return not before September 2, a considerable decline in the Angelino Bullpen. Last season, the right had its highest fee of episodes in its six -seasons trajectory with 67.1 innings thrown. This year he added 7.1 innings with 2.45 in the average of admitted clean races.
Michael Grove had the opportunity to open 12 games in 2023, ended with a negative record of 2-3 with 6.13 effective. Meanwhile, last year had a 4-4 mark with 5.12 of effectiveness with 39 exits, of which only two were openings. This 2025 will not have activity due to shoulder surgery.
Another that will be out is Gavin Stone for a surgical procedure on the shoulder. Stone premiered in 2023 with eight exits, four openings, and 1-1 mark with high 9.00 of era; While last year he acted in 25 games, all openings, with a very good record of 11-5 and effectiveness of 3.53, which made him a solid pitcher.
After three games last year, the Venezuelan Edgardo Henríquez will look for an opportunity at the Bullpen, but a problem will have it out of circulation, at least until June 13.
With all these casualties, a collapse of Dodgers would seem, however, despite the problems between the body of pitchers, the Californians remain as leaders of the western national league. The item they presumed is today a headache, although not yet intense enough to hospitalize.
