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Dodgers Adopt Five-Day Rest for Pitchers, Face Challenges

4/30/2025

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The Dodgers are embracing a new five-day rest schedule for their starting pitchers, a strategy that aligns perfectly with the routines of Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki from Nippon Professional Baseball. However, this approach may pose challenges during stretches of seven or more consecutive games, testing the team's adaptability.

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The Dodgers are embracing a new five-day rest schedule for their starting pitchers, a strategy that aligns perfectly with the routines of Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki from Nippon Professional Baseball. However, this approach may pose challenges during stretches of seven or more consecutive games, testing the team's adaptability.