Dodgers News: A Look At The Dodgers Rotation Post All-Star Break

The Los Angeles Dodgers begin a nine-game road trip starting Friday and are going with a five-man rotation to begin the stretch run.

Newest Dodger Bud Norris will start Friday’s series opener in Arizona versus the Diamondbacks, followed by Brandon McCarthy Saturday and Kenta Maeda Sunday. The Diamondbacks have yet to name starters for the series against the Dodgers.

There is no game on Monday due to a travel day to Washington D.C. as the Dodgers take on the Washington Nationals for three game series July 19-21. Scott Kazmir will get the ball next Tuesday to start the Nationals series followed by Hyun-Jin Ryu on Wednesday. Like the Diamondbacks, the Nationals have not named their starters for the Dodgers series.

#Dodger rotation to begin 2nd half:

Fri-Bud Norris
Sat-McCarthy
Sun-Maeda
Mon-Off
Tuesday-Kazmir
Wed-Ryu

— . (@THEREAL_DV) July 10, 2016

For those asking, Clayton Kershaw remains on the disabled list and will not make any starts anytime soon. Kershaw went on the DL June 30 and manager Dave Roberts said Kershaw would remain there for at least two weeks.

The latest news on Kershaw is that he threw a bullpen session on July 10 that totaled 20-25 pitches.

Per Roberts, Kershaw will not be in the Dodger rotation coming out of the ASB. Throwing a light bullpen (20-25 pitches) today.

— R.J. Abeytia (@RJ_Abeytia) July 10, 2016

As for the current rotation, notable notes include McCarthy and Norris having made two starts this season, Ryu struggled in his 2016 debut, and Maeda is coming off of his best outing of his career as he struck out 13 San Diego Padres on Sunday.

The Dodgers' current rotation — Kazmir, Maeda, McCarthy, Ryu and Norris — won three games for the team last year, all by McCarthy.

— Ken Gurnick (@kengurnick) July 9, 2016

Many questions remain with the game’s seventh-best starting rotation, but the biggest one is how far this pitching staff can go without their ace, Clayton Kershaw.

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