Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell, and I had a great newsletter ready to go Friday about the Dodgers pitching staff before Clayton Kershaw got hurt.
The Dodgers’ starting pitchers have the fifth-best (3.49) ERA in the NL this season, trailing only Washington (2.90), St. Louis (2.94), Atlanta (3.38) and Philadelphia (3.40). This is quite amazing when you consider the Dodgers have two starting rotations:
Ryu, with a torn groin muscle, won’t be back until after the All-Star break.
Hill, with a blister on his middle pitching finger, will require at least one rehab start to return, so he is two weeks away if all goes well.