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2024 MLB playoffs: Every out Dodgers need to win World Series - ESPN

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NEW YORK — Back in spring training, the Los Angeles Dodgers' front office constructed the 2024 roster envisioning a playoff rotation that would look something like this: Game 1: Tyler Glasnow, offseason trade acquisition and owner of some of the most wicked stuff in the game Game 2: Yoshinobu Yamamoto, $325 million free agent who had been the best pitcher in Japan Game 3: Bobby Miller, coming off a rookie season in which he was the hardest-throwing starter in the majors Game 4: Walker Buehler, hopefully healthy and good again after sitting out 2023 after his second Tommy John surgery Beyond that, the Dodgers still had Clayton Kershaw, who was earmarked for an August return after offseason shoulder surgery.

They had Emmet Sheehan, who made 11 starts as a rookie in 2023. They hoped for a breakout season from Gavin Stone and had other top prospects ready for the majors: Kyle Hurt, Landon Knack, River Ryan.

And just because you can never have too much depth, they signed veteran lefty James Paxton — plus it was possible Dustin May would be ready to return from Tommy John surgery late in the season.

It was a remarkable collection of pitching talent. Los Angeles did not want a repeat of 2023, when it reached the playoffs scrambling to find healthy pitchers to start and was eliminated in a three-game sweep at the hands of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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