# Is Ohtani the Dodgers’ Best Starter? 7 Biggest Dodgers Questions Right Now With Stephen Nelson!

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Podcast: [Bleed Dodger Blue w/ Jeff Spiegel](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bleed-dodger-blue-w-jeff-spiegel-7845918)
Published: 2026-05-02T15:30:29+00:00
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Is Shohei Ohtani the Los Angeles Dodgers’ best starter right now? And what are the other biggest questions facing this team? Welcome to Episode 1 of Bleed Blue — breaking down the 7 biggest questions surrounding the Dodgers right now.Host Jeff Spiegel (All Dodgers) is joined by Dodgers play-by-play broadcaster Stephen Nelson to sort through what’s real, what’s noise, and what actually matters moving forward, including:-Should we be concerned about Kyle Tucker?-What do the underlying metrics say about Freddie Freeman?-Is Dalton Rushing breaking out for real?-Who is the best starting pitcher the Dodgers have: Shohei Ohtani or Yoshinobu Yamamoto?-Can Justin Wrobleski sustain this level?-Is the Roki Sasaki experiment working?-Is Tanner Scott back to form?

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