"They all might be a little bit different," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said of how he'll use his starters in April, "but we all see them from that same lens." But their plans remain nebulous.įor now, at least, all eight starters on the Dodgers' depth chart - a list that includes Jimmy Nelson, who was brought in on a minor league contract - will be stretched out traditionally. The Dodgers might initially get creative with their starting pitching, perhaps by using two starters per game as a way to limit workloads early on. Adding Bauer and Price to the mix now gives them an important layer of depth for a year when the entire industry is worried about how to account for the innings jump that comes with increasing the regular-season schedule from 60 to 162 games. With Kershaw, Buehler, May, Urias and Gonsolin absorbing a vast majority of the starts in 2020, the Dodgers led the NL in ERA while en route to a World Series championship. Somewhere near the bottom reside Julio Urias, Dustin May and Tony Gonsolin - all young, all talented, all ready to join a major league rotation. Atop the pecking order are Clayton Kershaw and Walker Buehler.
With Bauer and Price, a five-time All-Star who sat out the COVID-19-shortened season, the Dodgers boast at least seven bona fide starting pitchers.
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When Price made his spring debut from Camelback Ranch on Monday, retiring all three Chicago White Sox hitters he faced in the fourth inning, the blueprint remained fuzzy.
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