The Los Angeles Dodgers have had some hard luck with injuries to pitchers this spring raising questions about who would fill the back of the starting rotation. Those questions were answered Friday — at least for now — when manager Dave Roberts named 26-year-old right-hander Ross Stripling the club's fifth starter heading into the season next week. You're probably asking yourself, who? That's understandable. [ Sign up for Fantasy Baseball | Play for $40K | Expert rankings | Mock draft ] Stripling never has pitched above the Double-A level but he made the most of his opportunities this spring winning the job over Carlos Frias and Zach Lee, both of whom started games for the Dodgers last season. Stripling is scheduled to make his major league debut April 8 in San Francisco and where he goes from there likely depends on how well he handles it. Stripling was born in Pennsylvania, attended high school in the Dallas area and went to Texas A&M for college. He was drafted by the Dodgers in the fifth round in 2012 and has appeared in 55 minor league games for the organization since then. The reality is he wouldn't be in this position at this point in his career if not for the...
Dodgers go with relative unknown Ross Stripling as fifth starter
Published April 1, 2016 at 9:35 PM
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