Welcome to The California Post’s weekly Dodgers recap, where baseball writers Dylan Hernández and Jack Harris review the week that was, hand out very official awards and take stock of the state of the season.
Justin Wrobleski (1 start, 6 innings, 0 runs this week; 5-0, 1.25 ERA this season)
The Dodgers can’t demote Justin Wrobleski, can they?
By continuinghis spectacular early-season run, the 25-year-old Wrobleski might have saved his job. Blake Snell should be activated from the injured list following a rehab start this weekend. If back problems don’t forceTyler Glasnowto skip his next start, someone from the group of Wrobleski, Emmet Sheehan and Roki Sasaki will be pushed out of the rotation.
As harder throwers with larger frames, Sheehan and Sasaki look more like prototypical frontline starters, but how can you argue with the results? In the five games Wrobleski has started this season, he has a 0.56 ERA.
Hismost recent victorywas Sunday in St. Louis, as he blanked the Cardinals over six innings to snap the Dodgers’ four-game losing streak. The Dodgers’ scuffling offense wasn’t terrible in that game but didn’t light up the scoreboard, either. The 4-1 win marked the sixth game in a row in which the Dodgers didn’t hit a home run.
Once again, Wrobleski’s inability to miss bats was a storyline, as the left-hander became the first Dodgers pitcher in 25 years to pitch six shutout innings without registering a strikeout. Wrobleski continues to be viewed with suspicion, as evaluators around the game wonder if his pitch-to-contact style is bound to get him in trouble.
“I’m out there trying to get outs,” Wrobleski said. “However I get them, that’s great.”
As long as he gets them, he’s here to stay, regardless what happens with Snell and Glasnow in the next week.
“Every start he makes, I feel good about us winning a game,” manager Dave Roberts said. “So that’s most important.”
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