Dodgers Calling Up Starting Pitcher for Friday's Series Opener vs Cardinals

The Los Angeles Dodgers are once again going deep into the organization's pitching depth, calling up another pitcher to make a major league spot-start against the St.

Louis Cardinals on Friday.

Lefty Justin Wrobleski, who has already made a couple of appearances for the Dodgers, is set to pitch against the Cardinals, marking yet another pitcher that the team will roll out.

At 24 years old, the left handed pitcher ranks No.

10 in the Dodgers' prospect ranking, according to MLB Pipeline.

The Dodgers are battling major injury issues, with several key starters on the injured list.

Blake Snell, Roki Sasaki, and Tyler Glasnow have missed a considerable amount of action this season with varying injuries.

More news: Dodgers Linked to Breakout Starting Pitcher in Potential Trade Deadline Move Clayton Kershaw came back recently and made his season debut a couple of weeks ago, providing some relief to the rotation, but there are still holes.

Despite the season only being a third of the way through, Los Angeles has deployed 13 different starting pitchers.

From using a pitcher out of the bullpen as an opener to giving pitchers like Wrobleski a chance, the Dodgers have rolled out several arms just to get through the regular season, often relying on the offense producing enough to make up for any pitching inconsistency as a result of using so many pitchers.

More news: Dave Roberts Declines to Name Dodgers Closer Amid Tanner Scott's Struggles Over the past couple of seasons, Wrobleski has featured with the Dodgers and Triple-A Oklahoma City, making appearances in the majors when needed.

Already this season, Wrobleski made two different appearances for the Dodgers, pitching a total of nine innings and giving up eight runs.

He also notched eight strikeouts and three walks during his brief stint before going back down to Triple-A.

Last season, his ERA was 5.70 with a 6.44 strikeout per nine innings ratio, ranking below average among starters, and he struggled with his command, walking 3.96 batters per nine innings.

Alarmingly, the velocity on his fastball has declined from 95.1 mph last season to 94.2 mph, which has likely led to additional struggles.

There is still potential that Wrobleski can develop into a consistent, reliable end-of-rotation pitcher, given his diverse pitch mix.

He throws a fastball, cutter, slider, curveball, and changeup, which should keep hitters guessing about what pitch is coming next.

While there is still much for the 24-year-old to figure out, the Dodgers are giving him another opportunity at the major league level to figure things out.

More news: Dodgers Manager Confident LA Will Get Injured Pitchers Back, But With One Caveat For more Dodgers news, head over to Dodgers on SI ..

This article has been shared from the original article on si, here is the link to the original article.