"With $643.5 million invested in their top-three starters, plus another $700 million for Shohei Ohtani, it's not hard to see why the Dodgers have breezed through October thus far. It is a drastically different style in terms of pitching than the one that helped the team win the 2024 World Series. The Dodgers suffered a rash of injuries to their rotation this year, but consciously chose to not rush them back and also benefitted from those issues not being season-ending."
""Yeah, I think on the fresh part for sure," Snell said when reflecting on the benefit from missing time. "I think we were able to throw enough innings to where we can learn from mistakes and get a lot better from that as well. So I really like where the starting staff's at. Yoshi is really the only guy that really posted the whole year."
"To prepare his starters for an increased workload in the playoffs, manager Dave Roberts made an effort to push them down the stretch of the regular season. It was born out of necessity because the Dodgers had not clinched the National League West until late in the season, but it was also meant to get Tyler Glasnow and Blake Snell ready to help carry the pitching staff in October."
The Dodgers invested heavily in starting pitching, spending $643.5 million on the top three starters plus $700 million on Shohei Ohtani. The 2025 pitching approach differed markedly from the 2024 World Series model. A rash of rotation injuries prompted a deliberate decision to avoid rushing injured starters back, and most injuries were not season-ending. Manager Dave Roberts pushed starters down the stretch to prepare them for playoff workloads, specifically targeting Tyler Glasnow and Blake Snell. The patient approach kept top arms fresh for October, and starters averaged more than six innings per start while pitching deep into postseason games.
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