Los Angeles Dodgers: Predicting the 2020 rotation
By Ben Fadden
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. Julio Urias. 4. player. 71. .
Julio Urias has spent the last couple of years out of the bullpen for the most part, but when you lose two of your starters in free agency like the Los Angeles Dodgers did, then some of the bullpen has to replace them.
Urias was able to pitch well for Dave Roberts out of the bullpen in 2019, pitching to a 2.49 ERA in 37 games (and 8 starts).
As a starter in his career, Urias has a 3.66 ERA with a .335 opponent on-base percentage compared to a 2.21 ERA and .287 opponent on-base percentage as a reliever.
Kenta Maeda. 3. player. 71. . .
Kenta Maeda has been a very streaky pitcher in my opinion with the Dodgers. He has only made 30 starts once in his career and it was his rookie season. After that his starts have gone down and the homers went up (except 2018).
In 2019, he started 26 games and pitched in 37 total with an ERA over 4 along with allowing more than 50 home runs.
Maeda will have to perform in 2020 if the Dodgers want to blow past the rest of the division like the up and coming Padres starting staff because the front of their rotation is not going to have great starts every time out.