At the end of last year, Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior called left-handed youngster Justin Wrobleski.
It was a normal season review that finished with a forward-looking twist.
For most of their conversation, the two broke down Wrobleski’s 2025 campaign –– in which the 25-year-old prospect found his first taste of success at the big-league level, serving as a valuable swingmanin the Dodgers’ bullpen.
But then, as they looked ahead to 2026, Wrobleski stated some ambitions.
He felt he could be a quality MLB starter. And he was eager for an opportunity to prove it.
“That’s what this organization is so good about,” Wrobleski said. “Having that conversation, free-flowing, where you’re able to say what you’re thinking.”
At that early point of the winter, of course, Wrobleski understood his uncertain place within the club’s roster plans.The Dodgersalready boasted four Cy Young-caliber stars in Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shohei Ohtani and Tyler Glasnow. They were also going to moveRoki Sasakiback into the rotation.
Even among the team’s younger arms, Wrobleski was less established than other former top prospects such as Emmet Sheehan and Gavin Stone.
If they needed him back in the bullpen, he was happy to embrace it.
All Wrobleski was hoping for, however, was simply a temporary runway at some point to be a starter. A few weeks where he could make consistent outings, find a rhythm in that role and prove himself as more than a multi-inning relief option.
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