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pitching rotation

American  

noun

Baseball.
  1. the regular, scheduled succession of starting pitchers designated by a manager.

    a four-man pitching rotation in September.


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Paul Skenes and Tarik Skubal, the two reigning Cy Young winners, signed on to form a dream pitching rotation.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

He will join powerful Tigers pitching rotation that includes reigning AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal and free agent acquisition Framber Valdez.

From Barron's Feb. 10, 2026

They are loaded with stars, from the three-headed monster of Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman at the plate to a dominant pitching rotation highlighted by Blake Snell and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 12, 2025

The Dodgers are one win away from storming through the wild-card series and setting up their pitching rotation for the division series just fine, thank you very much.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 1, 2025

Valenzuela was on the Dodgers roster coming out of spring training in 1981, firmly in the team’s starting pitching rotation behind left-hander Jerry Reuss and right-hander Burt Hooton.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 22, 2024

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