In case you missed it over the holiday weekend, recently acquired Dodgers pitcher David Price announced that he will be sitting out the COVID shortened 2020 season.
This is completely understandable for Price to make this decision, he has a couple of young children and he doesn’t want to take any chances.
The question now becomes: Who will take his spot in the Dodgers pitching rotation?
In steps Ross Stripling. If you remember, Chicken Strip was nearly traded to the Angels with Joc Pederson this past offseason, until Arte Moreno puked all over himself and pulled the plug on the deal.
Stripling was not pleased that he was passed over for a spot in the starting rotation during Spring Training:
Now he will get his chance.
Over the course of his four seasons in the bigs, Stripling has a 3.51 ERA, 1.19 WHIP and 8.8 K/9. He was also an all-star in 2018.
I like the fact that he’s now in the starting rotation. A pitcher with a chip on his shoulder who has something to prove is very dangerous. He could have a really big year.
Going into the season, the Dodgers thought the Price was right, but now they are going to have to eat more chicken.
