Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Tyler Glasnow have the biggest names and biggest paychecks in the current Dodgers’ rotation, and rightfully so. Yamamoto, signed to a 12-year, $325-million deal, is 6-2 with a 3.32 ERA, and Glasnow, signed to a five-year, $136.5-million deal, is 6-3 with a 3.04 ERA, both in 12 starts.
But an unheralded 25-year-old right-hander whose $742,500 salary is just a shade over the major-league minimum has been every bit as good as the team’s more renowned stars, Gavin Stone emerging as a rotation mainstay after failing to establish a footprint in the big leagues in four wobbly stints as a rookie in 2023.