{"id":650850,"date":"2026-05-18T19:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T19:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/650850\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T19:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T19:03:11","slug":"dodgers-pitcher-count-continues-to-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/650850\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers pitcher count continues to rise"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the last eight days, three different pitchers made their Dodgers debut.<\/p>\n

On May 10, Wyatt Mills appeared in his first major league game since 2022<\/a>, and pitched thrice more since. Charlie Barnes<\/a> was called up Friday, pitched in two games in his two days, then was optioned to Triple-A on Sunday<\/a>. Chayce McDermott closed out the ninth inning of Sunday\u2019s blowout win in Anaheim<\/a> in his first game wearing Dodgers blue.<\/p>\n

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The Dodgers are up to 23 pitchers used this year<\/a>, and that\u2019s before newcomer Eric Lauer<\/a>, who was acquired from the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday<\/a> and will be activated at some point in the next couple of days.<\/p>\n

Twenty-three pitchers is a lot through 47 games, but it\u2019s part of a trend in baseball in recent years, with roster churn at an all-time high. Five major league teams have used more than the Dodgers this year<\/a>, for instance.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers in 2021 set a franchise record with 39 different pitchers used, then matched it two years later. They got to 40 pitchers in 2024<\/a>, and used exactly 40 pitchers in 2025 as well. Here\u2019s how many pitchers those teams used through 47 games:<\/p>\n

With over 70 percent of the season remaining, let\u2019s get some predictions: How many pitchers will the Dodgers use during the 2026 season?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the last eight days, three different pitchers made their Dodgers debut. On May 10, Wyatt Mills appeared…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[271590,254045,235266,138809,2322,2323,22270,363,99,364,280764,280763,214464],"class_list":["post-650850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-charlie-barnes","tag-chayce-mcdermott","tag-connor-brogdon","tag-eric-lauer","tag-los-angeles-angels","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-lou-trivino","tag-mlb","tag-sports","tag-toronto-blue-jays","tag-tyler-cyr","tag-william-liang-imagn","tag-wyatt-mills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}