Coming off a 2023 season the place the Dodgers ranked sixteenth in baseball in crew ERA, this new-look rotation poses a critical risk to the remainder of the Nationwide League.
With the free agent signings of Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and, most not too long ago, James Paxton, together with the acquisition of former Tampa Bay Rays starter Tyler Glasnow, the beginning rotation is a far cry from the identical group that has seen an typically injured, 35-year-old Clayton Kershaw constantly outperformed the remainder of the rotation final season. Even with these acquisitions and offseason signings, the Dodgers nonetheless have a former All-Star returning to the mound alongside a plethora of younger expertise getting their first style of Main League Baseball in 2023.
There are a number of choices the Dodgers can take when evaluating this new rotation, corresponding to utilizing a six-man rotation consisting of Yamamoto, Glasnow, Walker Buehler, Bobby Miller, Paxton and Emmet Sheehan.
Huston Mitchell of the Los Angeles Occasions discusses the totally different routes the Dodgers may take when establishing the rotation amongst different matters within the newest version of Dodgers Dugout.
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Some extra is Shohei Ohtani.
USA In the present day's Bob Nightengale writes about crew president and CEO Stan Kasten's ideas on the Ohtani signing and what it means not just for the Dodgers' plans shifting ahead, however what it means for the sport of baseball basically.
“I feel that is good for baseball,” Kasten mentioned. “The Dodger model is exclusive and historic, and now it's mixed with the Ohtani model, which is exclusive and historic. Individuals in Japan inform me Ohtani is larger in Japan than [Michael] Jordan was there. His presence is extraordinary. I don't know who you examine him to, Messi? His presence is extraordinary.”
A few the Dodgers' former mainstays not too long ago discovered new properties for the 2024 season.
Former Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner has signed with the Toronto Blue Jays on a one-year deal price $13 million, the crew introduced Tuesday.
Turner returns to the American League East for the second straight season, as he spent final season with the Boston Purple Sox. Turner excelled as the first DH in 2023, hitting 23 residence runs and driving in 96 — a profession excessive — whereas posting an OPS of .800 and a wRC+ of 114.
Former Dodgers outfielder Joc Pederson returns to the Nationwide League West to hitch his third crew within the division. Pederson and the Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to a one-year deal price $12.5 million, the crew formally introduced Tuesday.
Pederson spent the final two seasons with the rival San Francisco Giants, incomes an All Star look in 2022. Pederson was productive in 121 video games final season, connecting for 15 residence runs whereas posting a .764 OPS and a wRC+ of 111.
