Unlike the starting rotation which has the luxury of looking forward to the return of several potential impact arms from injury, the Los Angeles Dodgers bullpen has very few options of improving from within, and could be stuck with the same corps of relievers until the hot stove season begins to heat up later in the summer.
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“Like any great love, it keeps you guessing
Like any real love, it’s ever changing
Like any true love, it drives you crazy
But you know you are wouldn’t change it for anything, anything, anything”
~Taylor Swift
In what has turned out to be a very surprising development Thursday morning, the Los Angeles Dodgers have announced that Julio Urias will make his major league debut against the Mets Friday night in New York.
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Based on recent performances, the Double-A Tulsa pitching staff could easily stake a claim to being among the top rotations in the entire Texas League. The big four starters — Chase De Jong, Scott Barlow, Brock Stewart and Trevor Oaks — have each eclipsed the 30 innings pitched mark, and own a combined 2.21 ERA and 1.02 WHIP between them.
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Triggered by a taxed bullpen and the need for an emergency starter, the Dodgers added right-hander Mike Bolsinger and lefty reliever Luis Avilan to the 25-man roster on Monday, and may be prepared to employ several other personnel changes as a number of players are on the doorstep of returning from injury.
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“And when the tears you cry
Are all you can believe
Just give these loving arms a try
Have a little faith in me”
~Joe Cocker
Friday evening was business as usual for Dodgers‘top pitching prospect Julio Urias. This time, the scouting director, the pitching coordinator or whomever dictates orders to OKC manager Bill Haselman, only let Urias work five full innings against the Salt Lake Bees. All three of the 19-year-old’s previous starts in the month of May lasted six full innings.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers received a bit of good news in the injury department on Friday, learning that top-five prospect Frankie Montas has been throwing comfortably in extended spring training, and will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Tulsa on Saturday.
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Despite being under heavy scrutiny from both the media and the fans, the Los Angeles Dodgers are still among the contending squads in an underachieving National League West, but could find themselves slipping if some of their first quarter tendencies hold true through the early summer.
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Although it seems like he’s been around forever, it’s difficult to believe that lefty phenom Julio Urias is still only 19 years of age. Having begun his professional career with Low-A Great Lakes in 2013, the Dodgers‘ top pitching prospect has zipped to the peak of Triple-A Oklahoma City‘s starting rotation in less than three full seasons, and could be primed to make a big league appearance sooner than many think.
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