L.A. entered the season with a group of starters that included Clayton Kershaw, Julio UrÃas, Tony Gonsolin, Dustin May, Noah Syndergaard, Ryan Pepiot and Michael Grove. However, once they reached the postseason, the starting rotation was an injured Kershaw, Bobby Miller and Lance Lynn, a group that combined to pitch just 4.2 innings in the National League Division Series.
It's fair to say the Dodgers rotation would have been better if not for the injury to Kershaw, along with the season-ending injuries for Gonsolin and May, and they could not have predicted UrÃas would be arrested. But it was still a clear weakness for the team with Lynn and Ryan Yarbrough the only acquisitions at the trade deadline.
I think the question is, how many are there on planet Earth? I think that's the first question. You can get to a more global question of player development in the industry. This probably isn't the right setting for it, but youth baseball and what people are training for and velocity readings instead of how to take down more innings. It's a much larger question and philosophical discussion. But we too would like guys to go seven innings, pitch really well, and be able to go to our two best guys in the bullpen. That's a much more comfortable recipe. The q
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