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Dodgers: The Plan Was Not Originally to Draft Almost All Pitchers

The MLB draft went back to 20 rounds this year and the Dodgers took advantage of every pick. A team that relies so heavily on their prospect pipeline, Los Angeles obviously puts a lot of work into every single pick.

Funny enough, the Dodgers ended up taking 17 pitchers of their 19 total picks. They lost their second-round pick as part of signing Trevor Bauer over the offseason. But no one could have predicted that they would go almost all pitchers in the draft.

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As it turns out, even Dodgers director of amateur scouting Billy Gasparino didn’t see them going in this direction.