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Dodgers and Cubs bulk up rotations before the deadline, but Monday's low-scoring case rests on Wrobleski and Boyd

8/4/2026

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs each added starting pitching ahead of the trade deadline, yet neither headline acquisition takes the mound on Monday.

Justin Wrobleski starts for Los Angeles against Matthew Boyd, and the case for a tight, low-scoring game comes from what those two starters have already done this season.

Wrobleski's season earns him the ball Wrobleski enters with an 11-2 record, a 2.88 ERA and a 1.02 WHIP across 112.2 innings. These numbers span a full workload, not a hot streak.

His last outing was the exception: six innings, five earned runs, four of those on home runs.