As the number of starting pitching options appear to be dwindling with each passing day, the Los Angeles Dodgers may be forced to dip into their reserve of talent at the Triple-A level, where a pair of right-handed pitching prospects seem to be throwing the best baseball of their respective careers.
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Each time the Dodgers have a defined direction intact in regards to a solidified starting pitching rotation, an old blister, a predetermined innings limit, or some kind of unexpected injury always seems to stand in the way of stabilization when preparing for the stretch run of the regular season.
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Six days after a nightmare of a return from almost five months on the shelf recovering from back surgery, southpaw Brett Anderson will take the hill on Saturday in hopes providing some much needed stabilization to the Dodgers‘ rotation, and help the club rebound from a disappointing loss in the series opener.
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While star outfielder Yasiel Puig and pitching prospect Jose De Leon both had impressive evenings for Oklahoma City on Wednesday, center fielder Corey Brown was the big hero of the game, connecting on a two-run smash in the bottom of the ninth inning to clinch a 3-2 victory over former Dodgers’ affiliate Albuquerque, evening the series at one apiece.
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The last time we had the opportunity to chat with 23-year-old pitching prospect Trevor Oaks, he was about one week removed from being promoted to Double-A Tulsa after beginning the year at High-A Rancho Cucamonga. Now, a few days less than four months later, Oaks finds himself atop of Triple-A Oklahoma City‘s starting rotation, and could be on the fast track to a well-deserved appearance in the bigs.
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After a rough go of sorts for the starting rotation against the Pirates last weekend at home, the Dodgers head eastbound to begin the Philadelphia series with their two healthiest and most productive stalwarts. Although the forecast appears to be a bit blurry after the first two games of the set, things may not be all that gloomy once the club makes a few decisions and the dust settles.
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If most teams in baseball would experience even a taste of the trials and tribulations that the Dodgers‘ starting rotation has endured so far in 2016, those particular clubs would have already exhausted much of their major league-ready pitching inventory, perhaps as far down as the Single-A level.
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Although there’s been many cases where the formula for the Dodgers‘ batting order has worked brilliantly this season, many fans are currently chattering about what could happen if the club did some minor shifting in the lineup, especially with the cleanup spot and newcomer Josh Reddick.
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While the 2016 non-waiver trading deadline has come and gone without the overwhelming amount of traditional flair, there are still several weeks remaining for the Dodgers to make waiver trades with other teams in one final attempt to polish the 25-man roster for the stretch run of the season.
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If any avid Dodgers fan would have predicted in April that the club’s primary outfield group would consist of Howie Kendrick, Joc Pederson and Josh Reddick come the first of August, that particular fan would probably have been ridiculed and eventually ostracized completely from their own individual Dodger community.
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