True Blue LA · Mar 25, 2017
Dodgers starting rotation: 4 pitchers battling for final 2 slots
Brandon McCarthy is one of four pitchers battling for the final two spots in the Dodgers’ starting rotation to open the season.PHOENIX — Nine days away from opening day, and four pitchers are battling for the final two spots in the Dodgers rotation, according to manager Dave Roberts.
The first three spots are secure, with Clayton Kershaw, Kenta Maeda and Rich Hill starting the first three games of the season, in that order to break up the left-handers at the top of the rotation.
Hill starts Saturday for the Dodgers against the A’s at Camelback Ranch in his final extended start of spring. He is expected to pitch five or six innings against Oakland.