As it currently stands, the Los Angeles Dodgers opened Spring Training with four of their five projected starting pitchers being left-handed in Clayton Kershaw, Rich Hill, Alex Wood and Hyun-Jin Ryu. Kenta Maeda represents the lone righty currently penciled to start.
Losing Yu Darvish to the Chicago Cubs was a tough blow, but all five of the Dodgers starters have pitched at an All-Star level at one point in their careers. It’s part of the reason manager Dave Roberts is still confident in the pitching staff.
Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman feels the same way, as he explained his view that there is enough talent in the organization to still be one of the best staffs in all of baseball, via Andy McCullough of the L.