Remember the spring training talk about how the Dodgers had an army of pitching?
As it turns out, they’ve needed every bit of it, and president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman will have to bring in reinforcements for both the starting rotation and bullpen as they attempt to repeat as World Series champions.
At the time of publication, Tyler Glasnow, Tony Gonsolin, Blake Snell, Roki Sasaki, Blake Treinen, Evan Phillips and Luis Garcia are all on the injured list. Other arms such as Gavin Stone, Emmet Sheehan and Brusdar Graterol were on the IL before the season even began. Clayton Kershaw, Dustin May, Michael Kopech and Kirby Yates are all healthy right now, but they have been hurt in the not-so-distant past.
The Dodgers are going to need impact additions in their starting rotation and bullpen, and as one of the best executives of his era, Friedman is likely to succeed in picking the right ones.
From a big-picture perspective, though, they need to figure out why they’ve struggled so much at keeping their arms healthy. It can’t just be a coincidence.
