With the Los Angeles Dodgers being just five days away (as of Saturday, March 21) from Opening Day, it’s a safe bet to say their pitching staff is stacked.

When a team has Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shohei Ohtani, Emmet Sheehan, Tyler Glasnow, and Blake Snell in the starting rotation, well, isn’t that a pretty good group? Of course, let’s not forget the Dodgers’ bullpen with Edwin Díaz now as the team’s closer.

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Just how does this starting rotation stack up against the rest of the MLB teams?

Dodgers fans are in for some good news. According to a new article from MLB.com that looks at the top 10 pitching staffs in the majors, Los Angeles comes in at the No. 1 spot.

Who else is in the Dodgers’ bullpen? Tanner Scott, Alex Vesia, Blake Treinen, and Jack Dreyer are also going to be arms that Dodgers manager Dave Roberts calls on during the season, too.

Opening Day for the Dodgers is March 26, when they’ll host the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium. Zac Gallen will get the start for the Diamondbacks, while Yamamoto takes the hill for the Dodgers.

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MLB.com reporter Anthony Castrovince had some interesting comments about the Dodgers’ pitching staff.

“The Dodgers won the 2024 World Series without a rotation and the 2025 World Series without a bullpen,” Castrovince wrote. “There’s certainly enough talent here to have both (and, yes, win yet another World Series). But will health cooperate?

“As tends to be the case, the Dodgers will use their depth to manage workloads,” Castrovince continued. “It seems like Snell seems to be in ‘Wake me up in September’ mode at this point in his career.

“Glasnow has never pitched enough innings in a full season to qualify for the ERA title,” Castrovince wrote. “And maybe Yamamoto and Ohtani don’t actually pitch enough innings to challenge for the NL Cy Young Award.”

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Castrovince added that the Dodgers have a loaded group of starting pitchers. He also sees the bullpen in a better spot this season than last season. In the end, Castrovince jokingly wrote that the Dodgers will be good this season.

With that pitching staff, it looks to be an incredible season on the mound for Dodgers pitchers.

Still, they must compete and deliver from starters to relievers.

Dodgers fans probably hope that bullpen does its job, too.

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