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Bill Plaschke: Enough! Dodgers need to rescue lousy rotation and trade for an ace, now!

LOS ANGELES — Enough. Enough reliever starts. Enough rookie starts. Enough rattled starts. Enough starts that last four innings. Enough starts that give up five runs. Enough starts that hold no hope. The Dodgers have barely played half of their games, but when it comes to their starting pitching, the operative word is enough. Enough of trying to patch together an injured and ineffective ...
Starting pitcher Shane Bieber of the Cleveland Guardians pitches during the first inning against the Atlanta Braves at Progressive Field on July 4, 2023, in Cleveland.

LOS ANGELES — Enough.

Enough reliever starts. Enough rookie starts. Enough rattled starts.

Enough starts that last four innings. Enough starts that give up five runs. Enough starts that hold no hope.

The Dodgers have barely played half of their games, but when it comes to their starting pitching, the operative word is enough.

Enough of trying to patch together an injured and ineffective rotation with a glue stick and paper clips.

Enough of saving money to make an offseason run at Shohei Ohtani.

They need to surrender prospects and take on debt and do whatever it takes to trade for an ace starting pitcher

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