pitching

As early-season pitching injuries have piled up for the Dodgers, the bullpen has been strained in order to compensate.

Bell 2, Garfield 0: Defending City champion Bell is starting to find its pitching just in time to win the battle for first place in the Eastern League.

Most of all, Glasnow described himself as pitching “athletic and free and good” on the mound; having seemingly found the kind of comfortable delivery that has so often eluded him over an injury-plagued 10-year career.

As Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Jacob deGrom traded zeroes at Globe Life Field in Texas last week, Kershaw sat in the dugout, mesmerized by what he could only describe as an exhibition in pitching excellence.

A couple of other Dodgers seemed to get well quickly against Pirates pitching.