As the summer sun fades and the fall weather moves in, the Los Angeles Dodgers find themselves in a pivotal juncture of their 2024 campaign. With only a full month left in the regular season, every game becomes a high-stakes battle for playoff positioning. Amidst this critical stretch, the team’s starting pitching rotation stands as both a strength and a potential stumbling block.
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The current starting pitching rotation of the Los Angeles Dodgers is a mix of uncertainty and potential, raising critical questions about whether it has the firepower to drive the team deep into the 2024 playoffs. With the postseason set to begin in less than two months, the Dodgers need their rotation to be more than just serviceable — it must be a dynamic force capable of dominating games against high-quality teams.
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Fans of the Los Angeles Dodgers are likely to be in store for a roster upgrade when division rival San Francisco comes to town for a four-game series next week.
Righty Tyler Glasnow will get the start against the Giants on Wednesday. The 30-year-old righty returns from a stint on the injured list after a bout of lower back tightness. Many fans presumed the injury to be not serious but more of a scheduled break of sorts.
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The starting pitching carousel that fans of the Los Angeles Dodgers are highly familiar with is beginning to spin quite rapidly. Not counting the occasional bullpen game by a reliever, the Dodgers have already used seven legit starting pitchers so far this season, eight if you count the two starts by Michael Grove earlier in the year.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers found a bit of redemption Sunday by avoiding a sweep against the New York Mets in what could have been one of the worst homestands in recent years.
The redemption wasn’t so much about getting revenge against the Mets as it was reassuring themselves just how capable they were of playing exceptional baseball.
Heading into the start of the 2024 regular season, the offense of the Los Angeles Dodgers received most of the attention across the baseball blogosphere by boasting one of the most prolific one-two-three punches the game has seen in recent history.
However, a pair of righty pitchers stole the show this week, leading the Dodgers to two early victories in their home opening series at Dodgers Stadium.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers announced several key moves on Monday afternoon, essentially trading away center fielder Manuel Margot to make room for super-utilityman Enrique Hernandez.
The Margot deal also involved sending minor league infielder Rayne Doncon and cash considerations to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for minor league infielder Noah Miller.
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Fans of the Los Angeles Dodgers everywhere got an early holiday present with the signings of Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Although these two moves seemingly put Los Angeles in a very strong position to contend for many years, the team still might need some help to get over the hump in the short term.
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After the Tyler Glasnow deal went down last week, the biggest question left for the Los Angeles Dodgers is how aggressively they will pursue another high-quality arm to create a formidable rotation.
We could talk forever about the specifics of Glasnow’s contract extension and what it means to the team going forward. The trade with the Rays was contingent on Glasnow agreeing to a five-year- $136 million deal, ensuring he’ll likely be around if or when Shohei Ohtani joins the rotation.
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