Los Angeles Dodgers
Starter
Dodgers take their elite starting pitching on the road to San Francisco
Source: https://www.truebluela.com/dodgers-scores-standings/103553/dodgers-giants-yoshinobu-yamamoto
Whoever said a six-man rotation in baseball was a nice concept, but unfeasible, clearly never met the current version of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Across Los Angeles’ last six games, the Dodgers sent six different starters who have thoroughly dominated everyone in their way, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s objective is to keep that run going. To illustrate the quality of recent pitching for Los Angeles, their starters have compiled 2.0 fWAR since Friday. They’ve allowed five runs in 38 innings of work, allowing the fewest runs in the second-most innings, trailing only Cleveland in volume.
Obviously, there are unavoidable consequences of a long 162-game season that often get in the way of a six-man rotation, but for right now, it is working beautifully for the Dodgers. Not only does the production of all names involved justify it, but also the specific circumstances around each one. For different explanations, the Dodgers have a particular reason for closely monitoring each of their starters, and for Yamamoto, it’s the volume increase from last season, in which he missed a significant amount of time due to injury.
One could also argue that with a six-man rotation, Dave Roberts has a bit more leeway in pushing each starter’s pitch count, and that was evident in Yamamoto’s last start. Going for that no-hitter in Baltimore, Yamamoto reached 112 pitches, his highest single-game mark in the big leagues, and for the second straight game, he struck out 10 batters.
All of this recent success from the Dodger rotation came against a pair of last-place clubs, which doesn’t necessarily detract from the achievement. Yamamoto will now face a Giants team inching closer and closer to a playoff spot, currently only 1.5 games back of the New York Mets for the final Wild Card slot. Considering the Dodgers’ current scenario, if the Giants were to be able to run down the Mets, these teams could meet again in the Wild Card round.
Friday game info
- Teams: Dodgers at Giants
- Ballpark: Oracle Park, San Francisco
- Start time: 7:10 p.m.
- TV: SportsNet LA
- Radio: AM 570 (English), KTNQ 1020 AM (Spanish)
Source: https://www.truebluela.com/dodgers-scores-standings/103553/dodgers-giants-yoshinobu-yamamoto