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Dodgers' former first-rounder Zach Lee just another name 'in the mix' for rotation spot

/ STAFF WRITER

Former first-rounder Zach Lee is not at the forefront of the group competing for a spot in the Dodgers' rotation.

GLENDALE, Ariz. – There is a buzz surrounding one of the Dodgers’ scheduled pitchers in Friday’s game with anticipation growing for his inevitable move into their starting rotation.

But it is not the former first-round pick who received a franchise record $5.25 million bonus when he signed generating that excitement.

Nearly six years after he agreed to that bonus (more than double what it took to sign Clayton Kershaw when he was drafted four years earlier) and eschewed a chance to play quarterback at LSU, Zach Lee has not become the hot prospect his draft rank and bank account might once have implied.