Los Angeles Dodgers president of baseball operations named left-hander Justin Wrobleski as a candidate for the starting rotation in 2026.
Los Angeles Dodgers president of baseball operations named left-hander Justin Wrobleski as a candidate for the starting rotation in 2026.
Wrobleski, 25, has featured for the Dodgers 32 times over the last two regular season campaigns, eight of which came as starts. Through his two seasons with the Dodgers, Wrobleski has a 4.81 ERA and 102 strikeouts through 103 innings pitched.
He hit his stride towards the end of the 2025 season, keeping allowing a run in just two of his final eight appearances of the season. The southpaw continued to dominate into the postseason, not allowing a single run through four appearances — including two World Series games.
“I think his ability to grow and mature and learn how to harness his stuff and compete in those moments will serve him well as he tries to navigate a lineup two, three times,” Friedman said, per MLB’s Sonja Chen. “He’ll certainly be a candidate. He was also so good out of the ‘pen, we have to weigh that.”
Wrobleski struggled as a starter last season, beginning just two games on the mound and allowing 12 earned runs through 11 innings. The Dodgers, though, may not have much of a choice.
Why Could Justin Wrobleski be a Rotation Piece?
As of now, the Dodgers’ rotation is completely open, at least to begin the season. Tyler Glasnow and Yoshinobu Yamamoto are sure to have a spot at the beginning of the season, but Blake Snell and Shohei Ohtani have big question marks hanging above them as far as pitching on Opening Day pitching is concerned.
The remaining spots have plenty of suitors, and the current frontrunners are Roki Sasaki, Emmet Sheehan, Gavin Stone and River Ryan. Both Stone and Ryan are coming back from season-long injuries, so if the Dodgers were to look at someone to fill the spot who can immediately undertake a full workload, it would make sense for them to look at Wrobleski as someone who has started games before.
Wrobleski has already made his spring training debut for 2026 and looked solid through the singular inning he pitched, notching a strikeout through a scoreless inning against the Cleveland Guardians.
If he can continue to produce results throughout the spring, the third-year left-hander could make a return to a starting spot in 2026.
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