Justin Wrobleski gives Dodgers a surprising boost during win over

Kansas City, Mo. – In truth, there was very little notable action Sunday afternoon at the Kauffman stadium.

Which, in fact, is exactly how Justin Wrobleski liked.

In the victory of the Dodgers 5-1 against the Royals of Kansas City-a victory that won the weekend series and gave the club a file of 5-1 during the road last week-Wrobleski continued to quietly impress as a possibility of depth pitch for the Dodgers, launching six goalless sleeves which were short of Flash but long on substance; serving as a last productive outing in its second second year of a good year.

“Justin’s confidence is at a record level,” said manager Dave Roberts. “And he’s already a confident young man.”

By entering the game behind the opener Lou Trivino at the start of the second, Wrobleski facilitated the work of an attack in difficulty of Kansas City, abandoning only three strokes and a walk in a projection of six strokes while the Dodgers (53-32) were away from the plate.

Kiké Hernández struck a two -point circuit in the second. Will Smith added a solo shot in the sixth. And when the team nailed two additional points in the seventh, such additional insurance already looked unnecessary.

Instead, Wrobleski has also raised his stock in what was a surprise rejuvenation of mid-season, achieving his best professional performance at the level of the big leagues.

During its release of 83 throws, the Royals (39-45) even managed to put a runner in a score position. They wasted the three head strikers who reached the base. And during their best opportunity to rally in the third, Wrobleski cut to the heart of their order, by sanidishing a withdrawal from the stick of Jonathan India and Fielder’s Choice Grounder of Vinnie Pasquantino with a punchout of declaration of Royals, Bobby Witt Jr., the star of Royals, Bobby Witt Jr ..

“Bobby Witt is one of the best game strikers,” said Roberts. “And for him to beat him with the quick ball, he didn’t do that last year.”

Indeed, few have seen Wrobleski’s push arrive this season.

After an start to eight jerky matches last year, when he had an MPM of 5.70, the first occasion of the 24 -year -old left -hander in the majors this season was a total disaster, abandoning eight points in five rounds to the Washington Nationals on April 8.

Wrobleski was optionized in the minor leagues after that, and only made one appearance of the MLB in the next two months: an outing of four rounds in degradation rescue during an eruption of May 15 of athletics.

In early June, however, it was recalled to make a starting point in Saint-Louis, by making a decent effort of six rounds and four points. And since then he has continued to improve each time. During his last 20 rounds – all coming in bulk – he only conceded four deserved points while removing 21 strikers. His overall ERA in five appearances in June was 2.73.

“Having this bad in Washington, honestly, brings me back in the right direction,” said Wrobleski. “I had to go down, make some adjustments.”

And now he joked, that DC begins “feels like three years ago”.

The biggest difference with Wrobleski recently was his quick ball. During this early April against nationals, it only included 93 MPH. In each outing since, he was seated at around 96-97 MPH and exceeded 99 MPH.

Wrobleski has credited the improvement of a few small mechanical adjustments, after adopting a wider base in its prior position and incorporated a swinging movement in its delivery to help it direct its momentum to the plate.

But also, he said that he had simply found a way to launch with maximum effort in a more coherent way – by coupling it with increased dependence on his lead to attack the area and induce fast outings.

“I think it turns around for me,” said Wrobleski, a choice of 11th round of Oklahoma State in 2021. “This is how I got here. [I just want to] Throw my best things as long as possible until they take the ball. I think it was a major key.

Consequently, the name of Wrobleski increases quickly among the hierarchy of young dodgers.

The fact that he was even on this road trip was a sign of the growing confidence of the organization in its capacities.

During the team’s last home, his other young talent Emmet Sheehan came back from Tommy John surgery with four sharp sleeves, and seemed ready to occupy an open place in the rotation of Dodgers in the future. However, with Sheehan which is not yet fully built, the club has chosen to return it to Triple A and has a launch of Wrobleski twice in six days this week, with an outing of five rounds and two points in Colorado preceding the gem of Sunday in Kansas City.

Sheehan should soon be back in the majors, after having launched six perfect rounds with 13 stick withdrawals in a departure with Oklahoma City on Wednesday (manager Dave Roberts said that Sheehan’s next release would also be with OKC, although he can always join the Dodgers before the end of their upcoming hotels).

But now he is not the only former prospect showing lightning of being an impact option in the majors.

“He has changed a lot,” said Roberts about the evaluation by the Wrobleski team. “We have always appreciated him and thought a lot about him with regard to talent. But at the moment, he draws strikers from the major league … and in the mind to obtain opportunities while winning them, he does this.”