Dodgers: Rotation Arms They Should Start Looking at

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April 16, 2017; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Rich Hill (44) leaves the game before the fourth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports /

Rich Hill is on the 10-day DL again this month because of his repeating blister problems. The Dodgers shouldn’t expect it to go away anytime soon so they should have a contingency plan ready in case of a worst-case scenario.

Rich Hill has found himself back on the 10-day DL immediately after the Dodgers activated him from it for Sunday’s start against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Honestly, we shouldn’t be that surprised because he does have a terrible injury track record. However, the fact that it’s a blister that’s hindering him is astonishing because it’s just not that common.

Initially you’d wonder how a small and simple injury (if you can call it that) like a blister can torment a professional athlete so much. It’s because Hill’s reoccurring blister from last season is a nasty one so there’s no surprise that he can’t pitch through it effectively.

The fact that it keeps coming back is shocking; at this point in time you should be able to prevent it for the most part. It also doesn’t help that throwing a curveball assists in making it worse, and if we know anything about Hill, it’s he loves to throw his curveball.

This doesn’t seem like a quick fix, so with all this in mind, the Dodgers should be prepared for the worst-case scenario of Hill not being able to pitch much this season. Even though they have pitching depth, they should start looking around the league for additional starting pitching. You can’t trust Brandon McCarthy’s or Hyun-jin Ryu’s health, Kenta Maeda has started the season slow, and even the deity Clayton Kershaw is coming off a season where he missed around 10 weeks due to a back injury.

Because of this, here is a list of pitchers the Dodgers should look into acquiring and inserting into the starting rotation.

Honorable Mentions: Trevor Oaks, Alex Wood, Ross Stripling Brock Stewart, Julio Urias

The Dodgers may just decide to look in-house to solve this issue and if that worked, it would be the best-case scenario. However, most of the listed pitchers are unproven or won’t hold a permanent spot in the rotation, for one reason or another, anytime soon. So without further ado:

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