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<\/p>\nThe Los Angeles Dodgers plan to tackle the start of the 2025 season with a five-man rotation. A sixth position will be added for Shohei Ohtani when he is ready to make his Dodgers debut on the mound.<\/p>\n
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Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Roki Sasaki, and Tyler Glasnow will be staple starters for the Dodgers. This leaves just one spot in the rotation for another pitcher to claim during spring training.<\/p>\n
Right-handed pitchers Tony Gonsolin and Dustin May are in the mix for the fifth spot. The pitcher who isn\u2019t selected for the rotation could pitch out of the Dodgers\u2019 eight-man bullpen; however, manager Dave Roberts did say May could start the season on the injured list in order to build up in the minors.<\/p>\n
May told reporters after Thursday\u2019s start that he would prefer to be a starting pitcher for the Dodgers in 2025.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d prefer to start,\u201d May said. \u201cBut I just need to log innings. I mean, I haven\u2019t been able to pitch in basically four years so I just need to go out and pitch.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Both May and Gonsolin are returning from injuries that sidelined them for the entire 2024 season.<\/p>\n Gonsolin underwent Tommy John surgery in August 2023, but May\u2019s injury battle has lasted much longer.<\/p>\n May has dealt with injuries for much of the past four seasons. It began with a torn UCL in May 2021, which limited him to 11 starts between the 2021 and 2023 seasons.<\/p>\n The 2020 World Series champion had flexor tendon surgery that kept him off the mound for most of the 2023 season.<\/p>\n May expected to be healthy for 2024, but he sustained an esophagus tear that required him to undergo a second operation.<\/p>\n The 27-year-old is finally healthy and believes he can earn the final spot in the Dodgers\u2019 rotation.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen my stuff is in the (strike) zone, it\u2019s just as good as anybody\u2019s in the league. So I feel I have a good chance to get guys out,\u201d May said. \u201cBut if it\u2019s in the bullpen, it\u2019s in the bullpen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n So far, May has made three starts in spring training, logging a 5.40 ERA and six strikeouts across five innings.<\/p>\n If he doesn\u2019t win the job, he could wind up in the bullpen, or begin the year on a minor league rehab assignment to log more innings before making his 2025 debut.<\/p>\n Photo Credit: Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Los Angeles Dodgers plan to tackle the start of the 2025 season with a five-man rotation. A sixth position will be added for Shohei Ohtani when… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41048,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\n