Rockies @ Dodgers July 3, 2016: Welcome Back, Brandon McCarthy

Photo: Stacie Wheeler Rockies Dodgers 1:10 p.m. PT Los Angeles CF Blackmon 2B Utley 2B LeMahieu SS Seager RF Gonzalez 3B Turner 3B Arenado 1B Gonzalez 1B Descalso CF Thompson C Hundley LF Kendrick SS Adames RF Puig LF Barnes C Grandal P Gray (R) P McCarthy (R) Brandon McCarthy‘s last major league game was on April 25th, 2015. He allowed six runs on six hits to the Padres and surrendered three home runs. He only made four starts the year after signing his four year contract. His strikeout rate was sky-high, but he also allowed nine homers over that span. Fourteen months later, he’s back in Dodger blue, taking the ball as the Dodgers attempt to sweep the Rockies. Nobody really knows what to expect from McCarthy, but it will be good to see him back on the mound. The Dodgers will certainly be hoping for the 2014 Yankees version of McCarthy, not the 2014 Diamondbacks version.

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