LA Dodgers Dissed in Top 10 Starting Rotations List by MLB
The Dodgers enter the 2023 season with one of the more underrated starting rotations in baseball. At the top of it is their ace, Julio Urias, who is arguably the most under appreciated player in baseball. Over the last two years, he's been one of the best pitchers in the game, and doesn't even have an All-Star nod to show for it.
After him, there's one of baseball's greatest players ever, Clayton Kershaw. Then, there's two potential future stars in Dustin May and Tony Gonsolin. And finally, there's a bounce back candidate, former All-Star Noah Syndergaard.
When healthy, those are the five that are going to make up the Dodgers rotation, which really has a chance to dominate the 2023 season. However, leading up to the year, over on MLB.com, they ranked the top 10 starting rotations in baseball, and somehow left off the Dodgers.
The Dodgers were there "honorable mention," but the damage was already done.
While the teams ahead of them do have some strong rotations, I think the Dodgers absolutely deserve to be in this top 10. The Dodgers just have too much talent, and if everyone's playing well, they could have one of the best rotations in all of baseball.
But this year, it seems like the Dodgers are flying under the radar in every sense of the word. No one's picking them to win the World Series; few are picking them to win the NL West; and their players aren't really getting the respect they deserve.
For the first time in a while, the Dodgers are coming in with an underdog mentality — maybe that's exactly what they need to go all the way.
