Dodgers prospect: 8 scoreless innings
Dodgers pitching prospect Justin Wrobleski threw eight scoreless innings in the longest outing of his career, earning praise for his composure and command. (x.com) Observers on social noted it as a breakout-type start because it paired efficiency with length against a tough lineup. (x.com)
Justin Wrobleski gave the Dodgers eight scoreless innings on 90 pitches Monday night, the longest outing of his Major League career. (mlb.com) The 25-year-old left-hander allowed two hits, walked nobody and struck out two in a 4-0 win over the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium on April 13. He faced one batter over the minimum through seven innings and did not allow a baserunner until Jorge Polanco’s one-out single in the fifth. (mlb.com) Manager Dave Roberts lifted Wrobleski after the eighth and turned the ninth over to Tanner Scott, citing workload after Wrobleski’s previous season high was 78 pitches. Roberts said the left-hander “had a heck of a ballgame” and noted his velocity had started to dip late. (mlb.com) The start pushed Wrobleski to a 2.12 earned run average through his first 17 innings of 2026. It also made him the first Dodgers starter to record an out in the seventh inning this season, a marker of how short the club’s early starts had been. (milb.com) (abcnews.com) Los Angeles has needed innings from young arms while managing a rotation with heavy expectations after back-to-back World Series titles. MLB Pipeline’s March 2026 farm-system overview said the Dodgers’ player development has continued to pay off at both the major league and prospect levels. (mlb.com) Wrobleski arrived in pro ball as an 11th-round pick out of Oklahoma State in 2021 after Tommy John surgery, and the Dodgers signed him to an over-slot $197,500 bonus. MLB’s prospect report said his fastball jumped from 90-93 miles per hour in college to 94-96 after surgery, with a peak of 99. (baseball-reference.com) (mlb.com) That report graded his fastball at 60 and his control at 55 on the 20-to-80 scouting scale, with a slider and cutter as his main secondary pitches. It also said he had cut his walk rate from 6.3 per nine innings in college to 3.4 as a pro, a line that matched the zero walks he posted against the Mets. (mlb.com) The opponent mattered, too, even with New York in a six-game skid. Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said Wrobleski had “good stuff” and “is going to attack,” while the Mets entered the night having scored more than two runs only once during the losing streak. (mlb.com) (abcnews.com) Wrobleski made his Major League debut on July 7, 2024, and entered Monday with 35 career big-league games and 10 starts. On April 13, 2026, he gave the Dodgers the kind of efficient, deep start contenders keep searching for all season. (milb.com)
