The Dodgers asked for their starting rotation to go all in during the 2025 World Series, and that included each of their four playoff starters contributing on the mound in Game 7.
Blake Snell, who missed four months of the regular season last year, put in 34 innings of work across six postseason appearances en route to securing his first championship, but the cost of such a hefty workload has resulted in him undergoing a very slow offseason. He has yet to throw off a mound so far this spring as he continues to suffer from discomfort in his left shoulder, and as a result, Dave Roberts made a bleak remark about Snell’s status for opening day, per Sonja Chen of MLB.com.
“He’s not on a mound right now. He’s not in games,” manager Dave Roberts said Saturday. “The odds of him starting the season are probably zero.”
With Snell out of the picture to begin the season, the back end of the Dodgers rotation opens up an additional slot for the taking between the likes of young arms such as Gavin Stone, River Ryan and Justin Wrobleski.
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Dodgers fans were throughly disappointed with Tanner Scott’s first season in the team’s bullpen, and Scott has reciprocated those sentiments as well.
Scott spoke about the troubles he faced last season and how he is trying to turn the page over to a more promising chapter of his Dodgers career, notes Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register.
“A lot of things were not going right for me last year,” Scott said Saturday. “So yeah, it was tough. But it’s a new year. … Wash it, flush it like a toilet, and just let it be. It is what it is. Wasn’t that great last year. But new year.”
Edwin Díaz will undoubtedly be the Dodgers closer this season, deposing the role that Scott had last year (to little success). Jack Vita of the Los Angeles Times breaks down how the Dodgers bullpen will shape up this year under Díaz, with Dave Roberts expecting bounce-back seasons from guys like Scott and Blake Treinen.
“Obviously, adding Díaz to the back end is huge for us and getting Alex Vesia [back] is going to be good, and also Blake [Treinen],” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “Blake wasn’t right last year, clearly. He’s throwing the baseball really well. Having guys that you trust is everything for the pen. … You’ve got to count on those veteran guys for sure.”
