PT TOMORROW: NL West—Speculative short-season playing time gainers

Los Angeles Dodgers

If, as expected, expanded rosters are a feature of the shortened 2020 season, the organizational depth of the Dodgers will be a great asset. How will they deploy that depth, in terms of the pitching staff? There are plenty of possibilities, but a few stand out:

Assuming that the season will start before SPs can be fully stretched out, openers or tag-team starters should be expected early in the season for every team. For the Dodgers, that might make sense all year long: even beyond aces Walker Buehler and Clayton Kershaw, the balance in the back of their rotation from the left (David Price, Julio Urías, Alex Wood) and right (Ross Stripling, Dustin May, Tony Gonsolin) gives them options galore: they can tag-team the...

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