PHOENIX –– For the Dodgers’ starting rotation this year, all that’s likely to really matter is who is healthy come October.
Still, as the team marches toward Opening Day, there are plenty of shorter-term questions to answer about who will fill out the group.
For now, only two Dodgers starters seemed assured of being fully built-up, and fully effective, when the campaign kicks off March 26.
One of them is Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who got an early start to his spring before departing for the World Baseball Classic to be Team Japan’s ace.
The other is Tyler Glasnow, the oft-injured right-hander who has raved about the feel of his mechanics through two Cactus League starts this spring, saying it’s the best his throw has felt in four years.
Beyond that, however, the rest of the rotation picture is more unclear –– thanks toBlake Snell’s slow ramp-upandGavin Stone’s recent shoulder setback.
Thus, here are the names to watch for the rest of spring, as the Dodgers try to fill out the rest of their potential five- or six-man unit:
Yes, the second-year Japanese phenom isstill penciled into the Dodgers’ Opening Day rotation.
To this point, his tantalizing raw talent continues to outweigh his early-spring command woes –– which have seen him walk five batters and allow seven runs in 3 ⅓ Cactus League innings.
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