There are no guarantees in baseball, least of all with pitching arms. But it’s more than reasonable to expect that each of those pitchers to make at least 10 more starts for Los Angeles in 2017 than they did this year, thanks to better health for Kershaw and Wood, ongoing maturation from Urías and a full season in a Dodger uniform for Hill. Conservatively, 62 starts become 102.

Turn next to Kenta Maeda. Given the precautionary, incentive-laden nature of the contract he signed before the 2016 season, the Japanese righty’s 32 starts might have exceeded expectations. At the same time, Dave Roberts (fresh off being named MLB’s third handsomest manager in this year’s rankings by Craig Calcaterra of Hardball Talk) isn’t sure Maeda will need as much rest between starts in 2017.

“I’d like to think that we can kind of do a little bit less going forward, as he’s already kind of made that jump into Major League Baseball,” Roberts said today at baseball’s Winter Meetings, adding that the Dodgers are advising Maeda “to build some mass and to put on some weight to be able to handle the workload.”

A modest 25 starts from Maeda in 2017 would put the Dodgers at a projected 127 from this quintet, leaving only 35 to cover from a group that — pending any acqusitions or minor-league callups — includes seven other starting pitchers on the 40-man roster, from veterans Scott Kazmir, Brandon McCarthy and Hyun-Jin Ryu to youngsters Jose De León, Chase De Jong, Brock Stewart and Ross Stripling.

According to Fangraphs, the Dodgers have the best starting pitcher resources in baseball — better even than the Red Sox with their newly acquired lefty, Chris Sale. Kershaw puts the Dodgers over the top, but it’s not because of him alone.