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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

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

While the Dodgers haven’t yet finalized their pitching rotation for the National League Division Series, Yamamoto seems likely to go in Game 2 of the best-of-five set a week from Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2024

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