Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Ross Stripling has announced plans to enter the media landscape after retiring from the sport of baseball.
Stripling pitched nine years in the MLB, serving as a starter and reliever during his time in the big leagues. He was quite the underdog story back in 2016 when he broke onto the scene.
The righty has never been a pitcher who impressed with his velocity or stuff, but Stripling managed to give the Dodgers five quality years’ worth of pitching, racking up 4.2 bWAR over that span and making 59 starts.
In 2020, the Dodgers traded him to the Toronto Blue Jays, where he would continue to serve as a reliable arm, though he struggled in 2023 and 2024 during stints with the San Francisco Giants and Oakland A’s.