Was it the ideal time developmentally to bring them up? Probably not. “It’s a great opportunity for those guys. Then D-May and Julio – when you go through four guys you end up getting to that layer. Pep is still going through what he’s going through. “But obviously Grover was injured, building back up, wasn’t built up yet. “I would have been surprised if you had said (before the season), ‘Hey, in the middle of May, you’re going to have to call on both.’ I would have been really surprised,” Friedman said. The Dodgers addressed that by calling up prospects Gavin Stone and Bobby Miller, turning to them earlier than Friedman admits they had planned. It’s a little bit like a game of whack-a-mole.”Įarly-season injuries to Dustin May, Julio Urias, Michael Grove and Ryan Pepiot made starting pitching pop up as an area of need. So things we thought in February or March turn out to be things you don’t need to focus on. I think using the first 3, 3½ months to assess your roster and what the needs are helps crystallize how you approach things in July. The injuries that have eroded the Dodgers’ starting rotation could change their priorities as the in-season trade deadline approaches, Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman acknowledged.
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