Dodgers' Injury-plagued Pitching Staff

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Letters to Sports: Dodgers must figure out their injured pitcher problem

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The Dodgers have 15 pitchers on the injured list and are dropping like flies, with shoulder and forearm issues.

The underperforming, injury-plagued Dodgers pitching staff illustrates the true financial advantage of big-market teams willing and able to spend.

The Dodgers can afford to sign and pay frontline players but, just as important, they can also afford to set aside or simply eat the contracts of those expensive players if they become hurt.

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