When the Los Angeles Dodgers reported to Camelback Ranch for the start of Spring Training, it was with a surplus of options to round out their Opening Day rotation behind Clayton Kershaw, Walker Buehler and David Price.
In some sense only one spot was available as Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman had already named Julio Urias as the likely fourth starter. Manager Dave Roberts reiterated that stance early into camp.
Meanwhile, dating back to the offseason, Alex Wood regularly asserted he was going to be final piece to the puzzle.