What Does Dodgers Rotation Look Like Following Tony Gonsolin Injury?
The Los Angeles Dodgers lost yet another starter over the weekend as the team placed right-handed pitcher Tony Gonsolin on the injured list with right elbow discomfort.
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Now, a depleted Dodgers rotation is left with three starting pitchers in Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Clayton Kershaw, and Dustin May. Ahead of the 2025 season, the defending champions had an overflow of pitching talent.
Tyler Glasnow, Blake Snell, Roki Sasaki, May and Yamamoto headlined the Dodgers rotation and several pitching reinforcements such as Kershaw, Gonsolin, and Shohei Ohtani were poised to join them as the season progressed.
Lo and behold, the plethora of pitching depth for L.A. has essentially been wiped out by injuries. The Dodgers are in the midst of enduring the effects of myriad injuries as starting pitching has yet again become a problem for the organization.
Dodgers starters have gone six-plus innings only 18 times this season, which is tied for the fourth fewest in Major League Baseball. The L.A. rotation has put together 17 quality starts, fifth fewest in MLB.
How the Dodgers will combat the pitching woes this season remains a mystery. The defending champions are not expected to make a big splash at the trade deadline, especially after spending millions the last two offseasons on Glasnow, Yamamoto, and Snell.
Justin Wrobleski and Landon Knack will likely get more opportunities to help out the rotation, but it’s unclear in what capacity.
After a winter that prioritized acquiring pitching depth, the Dodgers once again find themselves short-handed.
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What’s it really matter what the rotation looks like if you score 1 run in two games against the Cardinals? Yamamoto pitched a great game yet again today with absolutely no run support. This team is pathetically underperforming. Throw in a never ending onslaught of pitching injuries and this season could fall completely apart before they even have a chance to defend. With the pitching problems, it’s more important than ever for them to score 5+ RPG to have a chance.
Hey Rojas – still want to predict this team is going to set the all time wins record? Seriously these guys need to shut up and play to their ability.
I said before the season ever began that Gonsolin wouldn’t last even half a season. And he’s no better than Knack or Wrobleski as far as constantly serving up homers.
The Dodgers have had the most pitching injuries for the second year in a row. Last season credit the last guys standing for stepping up big time in the postseason. Timely hitting, good base running, and good defense won the WS with an assist from Aaron Judge’s poor performance. Roberts is liked by his players, and he handles the position guys well. But he’s horrible and shows poor judgement with his pitchers. He needs someone with more knowledge and common sense to guide the pitchers.
Dodgers should shed some of the bench squatters before the deadline. The injury list looks like the place to be for a group of injury plagued pitchers. Offense? How do you explain it? Never seen it before. Bunch of children crying in their soup. Paid millions of dollars to play a children’s game and they are failing miserably.
Once again the Dodger’s have another pitcher go on the IL. It still is not a coincidence. I don’t believe the Dodger brass have any clue that they are doing something wrong. Look at the track record !!!! I wish we had the Kershaw of ten years ago. Now we’re going to be swept by the Cardinals …………………
Clayton Kershaw looked solid in Sunday’s start against the Cardinals. The southpaw allowed just one earned run, no walks, and threw seven strikeouts in St. Louis. He now has 2,983 career strikeouts.
I agree their offense is lacking right now, but any team fluctuates in that throughout a season. That doesn’t mean the pitching can’t be consistent and injury free. I couldnt believe the decision by mgmt in the off-season to let Buehler and Flattery go. What were they thinking? They should have had more starters than they knew what to do with, put them on a 6 even 7 day rotation. There probably would still be inevitable injuries, but they should occur less with the lower workload and they would have had more backup.
They also need to get to the bottom of why they keep happening. Is there some kind of bad coaching or something causing these?
Dodgers brass hasn’t given a clear reason as to why the pitching staff has been marred by injuries, but an MLB insider did link Walker Buehler to L.A. ahead of the trade deadline. Buehler has struggled with the Red Sox, and perhaps a return to his former team could help him turn a corner.