PITTSBURGH -- Mike Bolsinger, bumped from the Dodgers' starting rotation by the acquisitions of Mat Latos and Alex Wood, will be pitching simulated long relief at Triple-A Oklahoma City.
Manager Don Mattingly said Bolsinger will enter games in the third inning and throw 80 to 90 pitches. That way he will be stretched out if the club needs a starter, but he will also experience late-inning game situations with the possibility that he could improve the big league bullpen in pressure situations.
"It's not so much pitching out of the bullpen, but letting him come in the third inning and pitch like a starter," Mattingly said.