Glendale, Arizona – The last time we saw the Los Angeles Dodgers, their pitch was in tatters. Their departure staff was injured and could only gather short stays. A low -budget The lift enclosure was stretched at the limit.
Now, after an off -season shopping trip coupled with the return of certain veterans in the injury, the dodgers should no longer have this problem.
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“It’s just great now that we have such depth,” said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, in an interview on Saturday before a match of the Camelback Ranch League. “I hope that these lift enclosure games should belong to the past.”
Last October, the Dodgers in the general classification of 4.50 was ninth among the 12 eliminatory teams. Their starters were even worse at an MPM of 5.25 – the 11th of the 12 teams – for less than four rounds per departure. A total of 60 rounds in 16 games.
However, they won the World Series in five games on New York Yankees, needing two game enclosure games at the end to seal the victory. The Dodgers had the worst era of a World Series winning team from the Boston 2004 Red Sox.
“Obviously, last year, we saw what could happen,” said Clayton Kershaw, who will come back from a feet and knee operation in pursuit of his 3,000th stick with a stick – he is at 32 years old. “We are still launching matches of the enclosure of the players in the playoffs. This is not the recipe.
Regarding starters in the playoffs, only Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Jack Flaherty and Walker Buehler were in good health. And the last two left via the free agency, Flaherty back in Detroit and Buehler in Boston.
Now, however, the dodgers are embarrassment of wealth. They signed Blake Snell and Roki Sasaki as free agents. Have Tyler Glasnow, Tony Gonsolin, Dustin May and Kershaw returning from an injury. They will have Yamamoto in his second big league season, with hope for better health. And Shohei Ohtani himself is on the rear fields, throwing arenas and working to come back.
The Dodgers also added that Tanner Scott and Kirby Yates of the free agent to tighten the enclosure of the lifts.
“It’s incredible. You must give a lot of credit to our property for having continued it, “said Kershaw, who will not be back before June at the earliest. “We have so many talented arms. This year, we might have exaggerated with too many beginners, but it’s a good thing. »»
At the point of Kershaw, the Dodgers have spared no expense. They spend $ 199 million in their 392.5 million dollars record for major baseball leagues (according to luxury tax rules) on pitch. Kershaw, in his 18th and perhaps last season, wins $ 7.5 million after signing a contract earlier this month.
“Everything is fine in the world when you have Kersh at Dodger Blue,” said Andrew Friedman, president of Dodgers, the president of baseball operations. “We cannot say that we have never finished. It is not in our DNA. But we feel really well in talent under this roof right now. »»
Ohtani has $ 10 million in deferred money as part of its $ 70 million contract per year, which means that Dodgers are only evaluated for $ 46 million for tax purposes. The bidirectional player is adjusting a possible mound after his second surgery of the reconstructive right elbow. During his third enclosure session of spring lifts on Saturday, he launched 25 crunchy terrains, throwing as hard as 95 MPH, Roberts said. Ohtani did not launch last season, but still won the MVP of the National League by finishing the MLB First season of 50-walkers and 50 flights as a designated striker.
“I was able to launch with a certain intensity during my last enclosure session,” said Ohtani to journalists through his interpreter. “I want to launch with even more intensity during my next enclosure session. It just corresponds to reality and the feeling of having an idea. »»
You will remember Ohtani also torn the Labrum in his left shoulder sliding in the second base on An attempted flight During match 2 of the World Series. He played The rest of the series Indeed with a healthy arm, then underwent immediate surgery. This injury healed and he will take his first strikes at stake next week, said Roberts.
Regarding pitching, Friedman said that there was no calendar for his return.
“We are not going to set an arbitrary date,” he said. “We will let him continue his progress.”
The Dodgers again open the regular season in Asia, this time in Japan Tokyo Dome against the Chicago Cubs from March 18 to 19. Ohtani should be ready to strike, said Roberts. The Dodgers break the camp and go to Japan after an Arizona match on March 11.
Ohtani said he didn’t make sense yet when he could be ready to launch in a big league match. He launched the last time on August 23, 2023, during his sixth and last season with the Los Angeles Angels.
“As long as I strike my references – my sessions of practice of the enclosure of the lifts and the striker – I am confident that I will be on time,” he said. “Once again, always paying particular attention to what I feel.”
Roberts is not sure of the global rotation at this stage, but he points to Yamamoto and Sasaki against Cubs in Japan. Last year, Yamamoto began the second game of the season against the Padres in San Diego in Korea and had trouble. Sasaki is expected to make his first spring start this week, Roberts said.
It should be a show quite to have the three former big big and teammates of the Japanese Professional Baseball on the victorious team victorious from the Japanese baseball world baseball as Dodgers.
This occurs only a few months before I loves Suzuki was the first Japanese player inducted at the renowned national baseball temple on July 27.
“I’m delighted with that,” said Roberts. “I think it’s great for baseball.”
Kershaw said he would like to make the trip, but he was not sure that it will happen. He will be on his own timetable by working in shape and should appear on the 60 -day injury list at the start of the season. According to injuries and performance of other starters, Roberts has recognized that it could be difficult to work Kershaw in the rotation.
Kershaw, 36, does not know how long he wants to play, but he wants to end his Dodger career.
“I did not put enough merit on this subject during my entire career,” he said. “But playing with a team is special.”
Last year, he only made his first departure on July 25 after recovering from an intersane surgical intervention on his left shoulder. His season then ended early because of the toe injury, and he missed the playoffs. He is tired of this injury, surgery and recovery model, but he didn’t want his illustrious career to end like this.
“It has been a year to another for a long time now,” he said. “We will just see how it goes at the end of this season.”
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