Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Ross Stripling admits to feeling a little slighted about the trade that would have put him in the Los Angeles Angels starting rotation. After the deal fell through, LA’s front office tried to quell the situation by promising him a chance in the Dodgers’ rotation, but it quickly became apparent that Stripling would be working out of the bullpen.
While Stripling acknowledged it’s a “win-win” for him, regardless of how the trade worked out, he admitted looking back at the opportunity he lost with the Angels.
“When it kind of fell through, Andrew [Friedman], and Mark [Walter], and Dave Roberts were kind of saying, ‘You are going to get a chance to be a starter,'” Stripling said on The Scribes of Summer Podcast.