The Los Angeles Dodgers are shifting their pitching staff around.
Manager Dave Roberts announced Sunday that Kenta Maeda will be shifted to the bullpen going forward with Hyun-Jin Ryu poised to rejoin the rotation.
Kenta Maeda is going to the bullpen, Dave Roberts said.
— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughTimes) August 12, 2018
Maeda had made 20 starts this season, going 7-7 with a 3.80 ERA for Los Angeles.
The Dodgers did the same thing late last season, and it’s a fair bet that the success of that move definitely influenced this decision. Working as a reliever during the 2017 postseason, Maeda was dominant, pitching 10.2 innings, allowing just five hits and striking out ten. That, combined with the fact that the Dodgers have a surplus of starting pitching, made such a move possible.
