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CINCINNATI — Of the many missing ingredients that have afflicted the Dodgers' struggling pitching staff, one has started looming large among the rest. The team's starters haven't pitched nearly deep enough into games. And, as evidenced by their 22nd-ranked team earned run average, it has led to a slew of cascading side effects. "It's important," manager Dave Roberts said about starting ...
by Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times
Jun 08, 2023
3 minutes
CINCINNATI — Of the many missing ingredients that have afflicted the Dodgers' struggling pitching staff, one has started looming large among the rest.
The team's starters haven't pitched nearly deep enough into games.
And, as evidenced by their 22nd-ranked team earned run average, it has led to a slew of cascading side effects.
"It's important," manager Dave Roberts said about starting pitching length. "With relievers as volatile as they are, to put them in stressful games every night, to have to use certain guys every
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