The Dodgers are planning to advertise left-handed pitcher Justin Wrobleski this weekend, in line with a report from Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic. He’ll make his MLB debut in a spot begin on Sunday in opposition to the Brewers. Corresponding strikes can be vital for the Dodgers so as to add Wrobleski to the 26 and 40-man rosters.
Wrobleski, 23, has shortly risen via the Dodgers’ minor league system since making his skilled debut in 2022. He made a reputation for himself final season at Excessive-A, tossing 102 1/3 innings over 25 video games (23 begins) with a 2.90 ERA and three.22 FIP. That efficiency helped him rocket up Dodgers prospect lists forward of the 2024 season; Baseball America ranked him #6, FanGraphs ranked him #11, and Keith Regulation of The Athletic ranked him #9. All three publications agreed he was the highest left-handed pitching prospect within the group.
The southpaw obtained a promotion to Double-A at first of the 2024 season, and he continued to pitch simply in addition to he had the yr earlier than. In 13 begins for the Tulsa Drillers, Wrobleski put up a 3.06 ERA and a pair of.98 FIP, strolling simply 4.8% of batters he confronted. After pitching what was arguably the very best recreation of his profession so far (seven shutout innings in opposition to the Arkansas Vacationers), he earned one other promotion.
Wrobleski has since made a few begins for the Triple-A Oklahoma Metropolis Baseball Membership. Though his surface-level stats depart one thing to be desired (5 earned runs in 10 1/3 innings of labor), he went at the very least 5 innings in each video games and struck out 17 of the 43 batters he confronted.
Though Wrobleski solely has two begins at Triple-A beneath his belt, the Dodgers appear to have determined he’s prepared for a brand new problem. That problem will come within the type of the NL Central-leading Brewers, who at present rank fourth within the NL with 4.8 runs scored per recreation. It’s no straightforward process, however it helps that the Brewers have struggled in opposition to left-handed pitching this season. Their offense has a .749 OPS and 114 wRC+ in opposition to righties, in comparison with a .679 OPS and 95 wRC+ in opposition to southpaws.
The Dodgers have misplaced a number of beginning pitchers to harm the season, with Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Walker Buehler the newest casualties. The staff is at present counting on Tyler Glasnow, Gavin Stone, James Paxton, Bobby Miller, and Landon Knack because the beginning 5, and Wrobleski’s spot begin will enable these 5 arms to take an additional day of relaxation.
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