Every spring training brings uncertainty, as teams assess which pitchers are behind schedule and who may not be ready for Opening Day.

For the Dodgers, that reality surfaced early when Blake Snell revealed his offseason throwing program has been limited after a demanding 2025 finish.

Snell’s comments raised questions about his readiness for Opening Day, though such concerns are familiar given his career history.

Snell has been elite when healthy, winning Cy Young Awards in seasons where he reached at least one hundred thirty innings.

However, he has only reached that workload twice across ten major league seasons.

The Dodgers understood this profile when they signed Snell to a five-year contract.

They made a similar bet with Tyler Glasnow, who has exceeded one hundred innings only three times in his career.

Both pitchers were healthy late last season, helping power the Dodgers to a second straight championship.

That outcome reflected the organization’s long-term strategy of prioritizing health and peak performance in October.

Executing that plan requires enormous pitching depth to survive the regular season grind.

Dodgers president Andrew Friedman recently called the 2026 staff the deepest collection of arms he has ever seen.

The projected top six includes Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blake Snell, Shohei Ohtani, Tyler Glasnow, Emmet Sheehan, and Roki Sasaki.

Beyond that group, the Dodgers have numerous additional starting options available.

Gavin Stone and River Ryan return after missing all of 2025 while rehabbing from surgeries.

Justin Wrobleski and Ben Casparius have experience in hybrid roles and could start if needed.

Landon Knack also remains available with minor league options to provide spot starts.

Recent history suggests the Dodgers will need nearly all of these arms.

In 2025, Dustin May and Clayton Kershaw ranked second and third in innings pitched during the regular season.

May was traded midseason, while Kershaw pitched sparingly during the postseason.

In 2024, only two Dodgers starters surpassed ninety innings, and neither was available in October.

Over the last five seasons, at least seven Dodgers pitchers have made ten starts each year.

At least ten pitchers have made five starts in each of the last four seasons.

In the past two seasons, only two Dodgers reached twenty starts in the regular season.

The current top six combined for ninety-three starts last season.

Over five years, the most starts by a Dodgers top six was one hundred thirty-one.

The average sits around one hundred twenty starts annually.

That still leaves dozens of starts to be filled by other pitchers.

Fortunately for Los Angeles, managing rotation chaos has become routine.