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The Dodgers have avoided significant roster changes despite a challenging stretch, primarily due to strong starting pitching and the unique advantage of Shohei Ohtani as a two-way player. They only called up one pitcher, Jake Eder, during this period.
The Dodgers have relied on strong starting pitching, averaging over six innings per start, which reduced the need for frequent bullpen use and roster changes.
Ohtani's status allows the Dodgers to carry him without counting against the 13-pitcher limit, providing them with a strategic advantage in roster management.
Jake Eder made three appearances, pitching one inning each time and earning his first major league win, contributing to the team's success during a busy schedule.
The Dodgers finished a stretch of 13 games in 13 days with a record of 6-7.

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Having Shohei Ohtani as one of the highly-functioning members of the rotation is a boost not only due to his performance, but due to the fact that as a two-way player Ohtani does not count against the active roster limit of 13 pitchers. Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell said early last week, āthereās one team thatās allowed to carry basically one of both, and that he gets special consideration. Which is probably the most bizarre rule. ⦠For one team.ā Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman last week with David Vassegh of KLAC 570 AM talked about the two-way player rule:
āWhen Shohei was on the Angels and MLB was considering this [rule], they reached out to a bunch of teams, us included. I said, from a competitive standpoint as the Dodgers, I donāt love it, but wearing my industry hat and whatās best for Major League Baseball, it is to do everything we can for Shohei Ohtani to be in and stay in games.
āAs far as the 13-pitcher rule, again, it is more that we have 13 pitchers. I had to clarify this with Jim Bowden, who said that we have nine relievers. We donāt have nine relievers, we have eight relievers just like everyone else, we have five starters like everyone else. Itās just that when Shohei is able, and the rest makes sense, Shohei pitches also. Itās not the weāre carrying an extra reliever relative to others. Itās certainly an advantage, but it should be an advantage. What Shohei does and what heās capable of is so unique, it should be rewarded, it should be celebrated. Everyone knew the Shohei rules, and had an equal opportunity to sign him two years ago.ā While the Dodgers arenāt carrying extra reliever, simply having Ohtani start games removes innings that relievers need to cover, not to mention it allows the team to start the rest of the rotation on at least five days rest whenever possible (to date, no Dodger has started a game on four days rest this season). For instance, Ohtani during this 13-game stretch pitched 12 of the 113 innings, which means the rest of the 13-man staff only had to pitch 101 innings. No matter how you slice it, thatās less of a burden on the rest of the staff. During the last 13 games, the Dodgers only pitched a reliever on back-to-back days seven times, and only three times had someone pitch three times over four days. Thatās light work relative to most similar stretches. When Ohtani first rejoined the Dodgers rotation last June, the team was comfortable with him gradually building up, and he only pitched one or two innings his first four starts, and didnāt go past three innings until his ninth start. General manager Brandon Gomes called anything Ohtani gave them on the mound were āfree inningsā that the rest of the staff did not have to cover. Now the pitching staff is benefitting from those free innings in much larger quantity ā Ohtani has pitched six innings in all five of his starts so far in 2026 ā which has led to one of the Dodgersā most stable roster stretches in recent years.