Welcome to the Rookie Roundup, a weekly look-in on baseball’s best and most interesting first-year players. Last week, we took a look at which American League rookies would have the biggest impacts on the second half playoff race. Next up is a look at how the Dodgers have leaned on rookie arms to buoy their championship aspirations.
On a day when future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw made his long-awaited season debut, it was a different group of players that Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts referred to while evoking a higher power.
