Dodgers observations: Cody Bellinger ‘progressing,’ roster taking shape
would have been at Chavez Ravine on Thursday, opening the regular season against the Colorado Rockies.
After watching the former MVP struggling with swing changes for most of the spring, Dodgers coaches finally saw some positive signs fromthis week. In a game Wednesday, he snapped a four-game hitless streak with a bloop single into shallow left field, but more important, he barreled up a well-struck grounder in his next at-bat.
Brown noted that while Bellinger’s shoulder has healed from a surgery he had before the start of last season, it now feels tighter than it used to — adding another layer of difficulty as he tries to get reaccustomed to his swing.“He’s just trying to find his body,” Brown said, adding: “It’s just navigating through that process and trying to be more in tune with what the real is versus the feel.”
Roberts said 16 pitchers could make sense for several reasons. Starters won’t be built all the way up during the early weeks. The introduction of the designated hitter to the National League will result in fewer pinch-hit opportunities. And the Dodgers’ schedule begins in hitter-friendly Coors Field before featuring several quick days off that should preclude the team from needing to give their regulars much rest early on.
“We’ll look at our situation, we’ll look at our workloads with guys in general and just see kind of where everything lines up, matches up,” he said. “I’m sure it’s going to be probably a smaller few than the entire bullpen, so I don’t think it’s a full committee. But I think it’s just going to be game by game and series by series.
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