SAN FRANCISCO — Off to a 9-11 start that includes six losses in their past eight games, the Dodgers will ask their top-rated prospects to help them turn things around.
Left-hander Julio Urias has joined the team in San Francisco and will make his 2017 big-league debut Thursday against the San Francisco Giants. And the organization’s top-rated position player prospect, first baseman-outfielder Cody Bellinger, will join him.
Bellinger has been recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City and will be added to the Dodgers’ roster before tonight’s game against the Giants. Bellinger, 21, is a left-handed hitter and so is not likely to be in the starting lineup against Giants left-hander Ty Blach.