The Los Angeles Dodgers executed their starting pitching rotation in 2025 perfectly.
Heavily reliant on Yoshinobu Yamamoto, he’s the only starter projected to return to the ballclub that threw at least 100 innings this past season. The other two — Clayton Kershaw and Dustin May — will not be back for various reasons.
Kershaw officially retired in correspondence with the World Series triumph over the Toronto Blue Jays. May was dealt to the Boston Red Sox in July, and is now a free agent.
General manager Brandon Gomes has been making the media rounds in correspondence with the GM meetings in Las Vegas over the last week.