This was following an outing on Wednesday where Urias pitched a perfect inning against the Oakland A’s. Roberts of course, was referring to Urias’s performance thus far as warranting consideration for a spot on the five-man starting rotation. My question is, why use a five-man rotation at all? Why not switch to six?
So far this Spring, the Dodgers projected five-man rotation has been expected to be:
- Clayton Kershaw
- Rich Hill
- Walker Buehler
- Hyun-Jin Ryu
- Kenta Maeda
No doubt this is a strong rotation filled with some of the games best pitchers, but while most people see dominance, what I see is more like this:
- Injury prone in recent years and too competitive to allow proper recovery.