{"id":29742,"date":"2025-01-28T08:50:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T08:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=29742"},"modified":"2025-01-28T08:50:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T08:50:27","slug":"report-dodgers-have-best-pitching-rotation-in-mlb-history-says-mlb-analyst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=29742","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Dodgers Have Best Pitching Rotation in MLB History, Says MLB Analyst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers are in the midst of another incredible offseason.<\/p>\n<p>They started mere weeks after hoisting the franchise\u2019s eighth World Series trophy, signing Cy Young award-winning pitcher\u00a0Blake Snell, bringing back key pieces like Tommy Edman (extension),\u00a0Blake Treinen, and Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez, and even brought in talent that have yet to play in\u00a0MLB.<\/p>\n<p>Korea Baseball Organization\u2019s four-time Gold Glove award-winning infielder Hyeseong Kim was brought on board as well as the 23-year-old phenom from Japan\u2019s Nippon Professional Baseball, the highly sought after Roki Sasaki.<\/p>\n<p>This raised some questions about what the rest of league is going to do to hit against this rotation.<span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-621\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=dodgersnation&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1880393357719155033&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fdodgersnation.com%2Fdodgers-have-best-pitching-rotation-in-mlb-history-says-mlb-analyst%2F2025%2F01%2F24%2F&amp;sessionId=cee9fb604700fa8fb3a92931d8123957ece20792&amp;siteScreenName=dodgersnation&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1880393357719155033\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>With Shohei Ohtani returning to the mound in 2025, and Clayton Kershaw\u00a0expected to be back\u00a0in Dodger blue, there is no shortage of Cy Young awards and MVPs in the Dodgers 2025 rotation.<\/p>\n<p>Could this rotation be the greatest ever? 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