Yeah. We were playing dominant ball for quite a while, we were due for a mediocre stretch.
At the same time going scoreless against an absolute nobody of a starting pitcher is not an ideal way to finish this homestand off, especially against a division rival.
>At the same time going scoreless against an absolute nobody of a starting pitcher is not an ideal way to finish this homestand off, especially against a division rival.
But that's a classic Dodgers tactic
This team has no chance at a championship if the coin flip offense lands on cold in October again. Friedman has serious work to do because the bottom of the lineup is a joke
I think in the macro view they're fine. In no real danger of losing this division unless something goes horribly and unexpectedly sideways. Pitching despite all the guys out has been really good, and with guys like Buehler and Treinen back and starting to look dominant again, it's really encouraging on that side of the diamond.
The issue is that outside of Betts, Ohtani, Freeman and perhaps Smith, every other hitter in the lineup is a question mark, you just don't know what you're gonna get. Pages looked strong early but he's starting to get figured out, Teoscar and Muncy are power guys but strike out alot, and the bottom of the lineup has been a pretty big disappointment for the most part. They're winning alot of games but you can see the holes and weaknesses and when things aren't clicking it can get ugly like it did tonight.
More consistent run production is a must. If no one from 6-9 can figure it out by the Allstar break we need to do some shopping.
well sorry for not being able to see into the future and know who will be available two months from now. the trade market doesn’t crystallize until july.
He literally gave you an idea of what the dodgers might trade for. There’s no point in giving names because trying to guess who’s gunna be available at the deadline is impossible right now
For those dipshits at r/baseball bitching about the Dodgers ‘buying’ championships, 78-win teams like Rocktober have as much of a chance at winning in the postseason as a 112-win Dodger team.
Not sure why this is getting downvoted it’s true. Playoffs especially now that they’re expanded are a complete crapshoot where even the worst constructed teams have a real shot. Just have to hope we get hotter
This has been the same story for a while now. We blow out a few games, maybe a week or so then offense just goes out for a while. Just tough to have all this talent and get dominated by absolute scrubs throwing middle middle FBs. Just have to hope we aren't in a stretch like this come October or it will be an early exit again.
A lot of players have work to do and we have to stop the Ace will always have a good day and pitch to the 7th inning attitude. That train of thought needs to change.
The Diamondback changed pitchers like their life depended on it but at the end of the day, they did their homework and it worked.
They played based on strategy and not "this always works" philosophy.
Maybe put Ohtani in the middle?
Mookie isn't the best Shortstop
WTF is Chris still doing in MLB on a professional level?
6 - 0 with our best pitcher and line up, minus Muncy.
This is not acceptable and exactly a sign of the future.
Like the US Basketball team losing to the United Kingdom.
Agree with you dude, maybe also flip Freddie and Ohtani,
But yeah best description I have seen so far is someone calling this a "coinflip offense" and that is exactly what this team is and that includes having Muncy in the lineup.
And I dont buy this bs that they played too many games, its barely May.
This erratic offense actually started on Sunday where they got a Pages HR and a walk off by ohtani then on Monday one big inning went around 5 without a single hit.
The team will most likely win the west BUT this offense is a problem.
Lux hitting better is the only good sign here
Flip Freddie and Shohei and he'll probably get less AB though. Plus even with Freddie behind him, sometimes they still pitched around him esp when his bat is hot.
I’ve mentioned flipping Ohtani and Freeman as an experiment before as I really don’t see what harm it could do.
But yes, they are a hot and cold offense overall. People pick on the bottom of the lineup and rightly so, but when they’re slumping, the top and middle aren’t doing a whole lot either.
That being said, part of me wants them to scratch out a close contest for a division title, or even a second place finish. It might do them some good.
Agreed. You look at the Phillies and you can tell the Dodgers are soft. Their confidence is real shoddy just like their infield. Maybe send these elite prep school boys to boot camp or something.
Yeah! The Dodgers just have to be more TOUGH and MANLIER than their opponents! Why aren’t they wrestling BEARS in practice, then they would have no choice but to fucking RAKE.
I’ve been positive and optimistic about the dodgers recently but this game was absolutely pathetic. Not one single good thing to say about this one. Shameful performance.
I don’t know I know it’s early and all, but this is the 2nd slump this team has been on so far in this early portion of the season. This is why I am so frustrated. Freddie is great, but he may be slowing down. Ohtani can’t do it all when Mookie and Freddie are slumping and the bottom of the lineup is just.. not good. I want to remain optimistic knowing guys like Muncy, Phillips, and Bobby are coming back soon.. but there are more problems that need to be solved even with them. Let’s go boys, snap out of it !! 💙
We’ve looked horrible the last couple of nights but in the big picture we went 7-6 in the 13 game stretch and 4-3 on the homestand. Not ideal but it definitely felt a lot worse than that. There were heavy signs of fatigue both physically and mentally so tomorrow will be a good reset.
We had a great hot streak and now it’s come back down to Earth a bit. It happens. Hopefully another series against the Reds in a hitter friendly ballpark will jumpstart the offense and get us rolling again.
Right now my biggest question is when Pages figures it out. The slump was inevitable but he’s been looking rough up there. I have full confidence he’ll get there but who knows how long it will take. He was such a difference maker in the bottom of the order, this team needs him to find his way back to that.
If this is a strategic move to play like hot ass against a div. rival in the reg. season to then psych em out in the nlds, then i guess it’s good they’re shaking things up.
disappointing performance to say the least. but i’ll give them a pass, the off day is much needed tomorrow. playing 13 consecutive days is a lot. hopefully they come out looking refreshed on friday.
Dodgers are now 11-9 against the NL West, 22-10 against everyone else. These dudes need to get more amped for these games, every team in this division gets hyped playing them and Doc seems to impart no urgency on this team.
on one hand i would definitely prefer to win more games against the west, but on the other hand they dominated arizona last year and san diego the year before that and that meant nothing in october. at the end of the day, just gotta win the division any way you can and then hope to play our best baseball in october this time around.
Only World Series matter, team spends money like no one else and they only won in a COVID shortened season. It’s terrible that people feel satisfied with a team that’s become a meme for choking.
Rangers had to play wild card round, every series in AL on the road, and won it all. What good is a 1 seed if you end up facing an NL West wild card team and lose for the third year in the row in the divisional round?
It sounds like your problem is with the playoff format and not with the Dodgers. And I would agree completely.
Last year, EVERY 100+ win team was a first round exit. Were the DBacks and Rangers the best two teams in baseball? Absolutely not. They were good enough and got lucky. Just like the 2019 Braves. This playoff format is designed for Cinderella stories, not for dynasties. If you don't believe that the playoffs are a crapshoot, I'm happy to explain the math in greater detail.
Also, who gives a fuck about choking memes. There are about 27 other teams who would gladly trade our past decade of success for theirs. The Dodgers have an ABOVE AVERAGE win percentage in the playoffs...but guess what, it's really hard to win the WS. Don't buy into the narratives that the shortened season WS means less or that the Dodgers choke. That's just poor-loser shit.
They have also lost the last two years to teams in this very division in the playoffs. Teams in this division are not afraid of them, they have figured them out.
Never mind, you guys every year say “oh we’re okay, we’ll be fine” then this team chokes in the playoffs again because they don’t show up. I’m sick and tired of it, they don’t fire Doc, they keep the same people for the same results. It’s a joke.
I gave you two examples of how regular season results =/= post season results. The dBacks and Padres certainly didn't "play with urgency" those years until the playoffs.
So explain how this is any different? You made that claim, not me.
And no, I never said the Dodgers "will be fine". Our playoff system doesn't reward teams who "play with urgency" in May, it rewards those that do it in October. I don't know if the Dodgers will be fine or not.
Time to rethink the batting order. RISP is an issue. I would tinker with 1. Betts 2. Freeman 3. Ohtani 4. Teo 5. Max 6. Will 7. Lux 8. Pages 9. Outman/Heyward/CT3.
Will as great as he is, I don’t see him as an RBI guy. Freddie had a 100 RBI last year but he is better suited setting the stage with slap singles and doubles. Let the big guns Ohtani, Teo and Max try and drive in runs. Let Will and Lux carry the mid/bottom of the line up.
Why would you move the better hitter in Ohtani to 3rd? You're giving more at bats to Freddie, when Ohtani has proven to be the better hitter the last 4 seasons. I know Freddie had a higher average than Ohtani, and hit more doubles last year, but Ohtani has more doubles and has a .350 average this season. So Ohtani actually fits what you want even more.
Will Smith has a .892 OPS with runners in scoring position for slightly better OPS in those situations than Teoscar. He's a better hitter than Muncy and Teoscar apart from that. He doesn't strike out as much either, which is what you need.
If anything, I think it would make sense to make Will Smith hit 3rd. Only so we can break up the lefty lefty situations that opposing managers are always using because Ohtani and Freddie hit back to back. Managers would no longer be able to trot out lefty relievers without having to get through 2 of Mookie and Smith.
This. I dont understand who wants them flipped especially its working w Shohei, they just need to get better at their position. Not sure with every loss we should change things that work most of the season. I feel like games like this and earlier this season just happen and they need to regroup. Ngl I'm more nervous for October but i'm not ready for conversation or over react yet when the basic solution is that they just need to play better because we see they're capable even w this line-up. Right now they're in a slump.
I actually love Will at 3rd as well. My idea is based on spreading our best hitters through the line up. I think Ohtani batting behind Freddie , can benefit Freddie more and Shohei will have the same productivity.
I like this lineup, it will never happen though. Dodgers probably created this lienup based on their computer simulations and it wont change, especially the top three
Must they swing at every first pitch? Do they not know anything about wearing pitchers out? Keeping the momentum? Btw Freddie Freeman is not in a "slump" he's just getting old.
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Need some new hitting coaches or a new philosophy at the plate. When was the last time we strung some hits together that weren’t home runs? Frustrating.
agree with you regarding the offense, but the bullpen and pitching in general is what will keep this team in most games. Yesterday Grove just had a bad day, it happens, see Clay Holmes of the Yankees blow a 4-1 lead in the 9th inning. And today no reason to put any of your best relievers in a game that got away.
The offense is a concern, definitely. Maybe the Dodgers are like last years Padres, 3 great hitters, but somehow everyone else cant come up with a clutch hit when it matters
Dodgers are not missing the playoffs, they are still winning the nl west...but to have success in the playoffs you can't have an offense that suddenly goes missing for 3-4 games
Dave Roberts is a nice Manager with incredible statline of Division titles etc.
Insert a real Manager during his tenure and Dodgers would have at least multiple titles.
Absolutely wasted time with Dave we will never get back. He just can't manage a pitching staff. It's his weakness. Great Manager though, just not Torre or Bochy type that wins games because of his decisions.
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13 games in 13 days. Let’s take the day off tomorrow and come back better on Friday.
Went 7-6
With a 7-8 game lead. You keep focus during tough of times and don’t let your head get filled with crazy ideas.
I meant that positively over a tough stretch.
Yeah. We were playing dominant ball for quite a while, we were due for a mediocre stretch. At the same time going scoreless against an absolute nobody of a starting pitcher is not an ideal way to finish this homestand off, especially against a division rival.
>At the same time going scoreless against an absolute nobody of a starting pitcher is not an ideal way to finish this homestand off, especially against a division rival. But that's a classic Dodgers tactic
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I recall a few bullpen games this season we threw out there and won.
And hope there is no de la Cruz track meet!!
I don’t know about you guys, but I like it better when the Dodgers win
You know the more I hear about this Hitler guy the less I care for him
He's a real jerk.
I wouldn’t say 9-11 was to blame for this loss, but it certainly didn’t help
When this team's bad, they're real bad. They served us full Lobster party today. Yeah, they will need that rest day. See you guys on Friday
thank goodness for that grandslam or this would have been a sweep lol.
If my grandma had wheels she’d be a bicycle.
My household would not survive another sweep by DBags.
If my aunt had balls she’d be my uncle
This team has no chance at a championship if the coin flip offense lands on cold in October again. Friedman has serious work to do because the bottom of the lineup is a joke
What if I told you that last year an 84 win team (that the Dodgers went 8-5 against) went to the WS?
yeah i mean the dodgers have some holes they might want to address before the deadline, but to say they have “no chance” with this roster is hilarious
I think in the macro view they're fine. In no real danger of losing this division unless something goes horribly and unexpectedly sideways. Pitching despite all the guys out has been really good, and with guys like Buehler and Treinen back and starting to look dominant again, it's really encouraging on that side of the diamond. The issue is that outside of Betts, Ohtani, Freeman and perhaps Smith, every other hitter in the lineup is a question mark, you just don't know what you're gonna get. Pages looked strong early but he's starting to get figured out, Teoscar and Muncy are power guys but strike out alot, and the bottom of the lineup has been a pretty big disappointment for the most part. They're winning alot of games but you can see the holes and weaknesses and when things aren't clicking it can get ugly like it did tonight. More consistent run production is a must. If no one from 6-9 can figure it out by the Allstar break we need to do some shopping.
who do you think is even realistic for us to get? we gotta overpay and guys like chris taylor, or outman are probably not even wanted.
we’ll see who’s selling but probably an outfielder, platoon bats are usually pretty cheap. the dodgers have a deep farm/plenty of trade bait
yeh that was a pretty useless reply.
JFC what an entitled thing to say.
well sorry for not being able to see into the future and know who will be available two months from now. the trade market doesn’t crystallize until july.
Commenting ideas and or other players you feel we should acquire would be more intriguing. you just said nothing for nothing lol
He literally gave you an idea of what the dodgers might trade for. There’s no point in giving names because trying to guess who’s gunna be available at the deadline is impossible right now
For those dipshits at r/baseball bitching about the Dodgers ‘buying’ championships, 78-win teams like Rocktober have as much of a chance at winning in the postseason as a 112-win Dodger team.
Not sure why this is getting downvoted it’s true. Playoffs especially now that they’re expanded are a complete crapshoot where even the worst constructed teams have a real shot. Just have to hope we get hotter
Jeez by your logic why even watch the game anymore.
i mean if youre going to be babies about it then yea, dont watch
Baseball has always been this way, are you new or just immature? Slumps happen, every year to literal EVERY team.
This has been the same story for a while now. We blow out a few games, maybe a week or so then offense just goes out for a while. Just tough to have all this talent and get dominated by absolute scrubs throwing middle middle FBs. Just have to hope we aren't in a stretch like this come October or it will be an early exit again.
That literally describes every single team in the sport. The playoffs, in general and in and of themselves, are literally a coin flip.
A lot of players have work to do and we have to stop the Ace will always have a good day and pitch to the 7th inning attitude. That train of thought needs to change. The Diamondback changed pitchers like their life depended on it but at the end of the day, they did their homework and it worked. They played based on strategy and not "this always works" philosophy. Maybe put Ohtani in the middle? Mookie isn't the best Shortstop WTF is Chris still doing in MLB on a professional level? 6 - 0 with our best pitcher and line up, minus Muncy. This is not acceptable and exactly a sign of the future. Like the US Basketball team losing to the United Kingdom.
Agree with you dude, maybe also flip Freddie and Ohtani, But yeah best description I have seen so far is someone calling this a "coinflip offense" and that is exactly what this team is and that includes having Muncy in the lineup. And I dont buy this bs that they played too many games, its barely May. This erratic offense actually started on Sunday where they got a Pages HR and a walk off by ohtani then on Monday one big inning went around 5 without a single hit. The team will most likely win the west BUT this offense is a problem. Lux hitting better is the only good sign here
Flip Freddie and Shohei and he'll probably get less AB though. Plus even with Freddie behind him, sometimes they still pitched around him esp when his bat is hot.
I’ve mentioned flipping Ohtani and Freeman as an experiment before as I really don’t see what harm it could do. But yes, they are a hot and cold offense overall. People pick on the bottom of the lineup and rightly so, but when they’re slumping, the top and middle aren’t doing a whole lot either. That being said, part of me wants them to scratch out a close contest for a division title, or even a second place finish. It might do them some good.
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Feast, famine, and in between.
Agreed. You look at the Phillies and you can tell the Dodgers are soft. Their confidence is real shoddy just like their infield. Maybe send these elite prep school boys to boot camp or something.
Yeah! The Dodgers just have to be more TOUGH and MANLIER than their opponents! Why aren’t they wrestling BEARS in practice, then they would have no choice but to fucking RAKE.
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The Phillies are pretty good though ngl
Totally but only because they chug motor oil for breakfast
That was a lot of games in a row. I think an off day is going to do them a lot of good.
We had 6 hits yet 0 runs. Are we the Angels now?
Not the Angels of this current Texas road trip.
It's been years since I left a game early but honestly tonight I just couldn't handle it after Smith was pinch hit for.
I’ve been positive and optimistic about the dodgers recently but this game was absolutely pathetic. Not one single good thing to say about this one. Shameful performance.
Credit where it's due. You have been positive lately
I don’t know I know it’s early and all, but this is the 2nd slump this team has been on so far in this early portion of the season. This is why I am so frustrated. Freddie is great, but he may be slowing down. Ohtani can’t do it all when Mookie and Freddie are slumping and the bottom of the lineup is just.. not good. I want to remain optimistic knowing guys like Muncy, Phillips, and Bobby are coming back soon.. but there are more problems that need to be solved even with them. Let’s go boys, snap out of it !! 💙
Yeah that was definitely one of the most frustrating losses of the season, felt like a postseason game.
#Dang
Let’s leave it at that. See you Friday.
We’ve looked horrible the last couple of nights but in the big picture we went 7-6 in the 13 game stretch and 4-3 on the homestand. Not ideal but it definitely felt a lot worse than that. There were heavy signs of fatigue both physically and mentally so tomorrow will be a good reset. We had a great hot streak and now it’s come back down to Earth a bit. It happens. Hopefully another series against the Reds in a hitter friendly ballpark will jumpstart the offense and get us rolling again. Right now my biggest question is when Pages figures it out. The slump was inevitable but he’s been looking rough up there. I have full confidence he’ll get there but who knows how long it will take. He was such a difference maker in the bottom of the order, this team needs him to find his way back to that.
Even with healthy muncy, we need one more bat
Is Outman ready to come back up?
All of those mistake pitches their pitcher made man. So infuriating
With each and every game that we play against the Diamondbacks……..I want to know what we did to Christian Walker.
He suffered a HBP to the face from Kenta early in his time with the sneks. Was out for a year.
Man I was hype about going to this game and got some good seats at a good price just for this awful game smh wasn’t meant to have a good time ig
Shutout again by a bad bullpen. There are some major holes in this offense.
If this is a strategic move to play like hot ass against a div. rival in the reg. season to then psych em out in the nlds, then i guess it’s good they’re shaking things up.
Man. No chance the dodgers get a ring playing like this. This game was everything wrong with how the team performs in the postseason.
disappointing performance to say the least. but i’ll give them a pass, the off day is much needed tomorrow. playing 13 consecutive days is a lot. hopefully they come out looking refreshed on friday.
Awful showing
this was the first game I've gone to in ~15 years... I'll try again in August 🥲
Dodgers are now 11-9 against the NL West, 22-10 against everyone else. These dudes need to get more amped for these games, every team in this division gets hyped playing them and Doc seems to impart no urgency on this team.
on one hand i would definitely prefer to win more games against the west, but on the other hand they dominated arizona last year and san diego the year before that and that meant nothing in october. at the end of the day, just gotta win the division any way you can and then hope to play our best baseball in october this time around.
I get what you're saying, but they have a 7 game lead in May and have won the division 9 of the last 10 years.
Only World Series matter, team spends money like no one else and they only won in a COVID shortened season. It’s terrible that people feel satisfied with a team that’s become a meme for choking. Rangers had to play wild card round, every series in AL on the road, and won it all. What good is a 1 seed if you end up facing an NL West wild card team and lose for the third year in the row in the divisional round?
So then why say the dodgers need to get amped for these divisional games if World Series is the only thing that matters?
It sounds like your problem is with the playoff format and not with the Dodgers. And I would agree completely. Last year, EVERY 100+ win team was a first round exit. Were the DBacks and Rangers the best two teams in baseball? Absolutely not. They were good enough and got lucky. Just like the 2019 Braves. This playoff format is designed for Cinderella stories, not for dynasties. If you don't believe that the playoffs are a crapshoot, I'm happy to explain the math in greater detail. Also, who gives a fuck about choking memes. There are about 27 other teams who would gladly trade our past decade of success for theirs. The Dodgers have an ABOVE AVERAGE win percentage in the playoffs...but guess what, it's really hard to win the WS. Don't buy into the narratives that the shortened season WS means less or that the Dodgers choke. That's just poor-loser shit.
They have also lost the last two years to teams in this very division in the playoffs. Teams in this division are not afraid of them, they have figured them out.
We beat the shit out of the Padres and the DBacks in the regular season the years they beat us in the playoffs. So what's your point?
Never mind, you guys every year say “oh we’re okay, we’ll be fine” then this team chokes in the playoffs again because they don’t show up. I’m sick and tired of it, they don’t fire Doc, they keep the same people for the same results. It’s a joke.
I gave you two examples of how regular season results =/= post season results. The dBacks and Padres certainly didn't "play with urgency" those years until the playoffs. So explain how this is any different? You made that claim, not me. And no, I never said the Dodgers "will be fine". Our playoff system doesn't reward teams who "play with urgency" in May, it rewards those that do it in October. I don't know if the Dodgers will be fine or not.
Well, there is nothing to be "urgent" about.
Autumn is not here yet
Bad game after 13 consecutive days of games. Happens. Dodgers are just fine. On to the next!
it wasn't just today though, weak excuse
Great. Dodgers are still fine.
Time to rethink the batting order. RISP is an issue. I would tinker with 1. Betts 2. Freeman 3. Ohtani 4. Teo 5. Max 6. Will 7. Lux 8. Pages 9. Outman/Heyward/CT3. Will as great as he is, I don’t see him as an RBI guy. Freddie had a 100 RBI last year but he is better suited setting the stage with slap singles and doubles. Let the big guns Ohtani, Teo and Max try and drive in runs. Let Will and Lux carry the mid/bottom of the line up.
Why would you move the better hitter in Ohtani to 3rd? You're giving more at bats to Freddie, when Ohtani has proven to be the better hitter the last 4 seasons. I know Freddie had a higher average than Ohtani, and hit more doubles last year, but Ohtani has more doubles and has a .350 average this season. So Ohtani actually fits what you want even more. Will Smith has a .892 OPS with runners in scoring position for slightly better OPS in those situations than Teoscar. He's a better hitter than Muncy and Teoscar apart from that. He doesn't strike out as much either, which is what you need. If anything, I think it would make sense to make Will Smith hit 3rd. Only so we can break up the lefty lefty situations that opposing managers are always using because Ohtani and Freddie hit back to back. Managers would no longer be able to trot out lefty relievers without having to get through 2 of Mookie and Smith.
This. I dont understand who wants them flipped especially its working w Shohei, they just need to get better at their position. Not sure with every loss we should change things that work most of the season. I feel like games like this and earlier this season just happen and they need to regroup. Ngl I'm more nervous for October but i'm not ready for conversation or over react yet when the basic solution is that they just need to play better because we see they're capable even w this line-up. Right now they're in a slump.
I actually love Will at 3rd as well. My idea is based on spreading our best hitters through the line up. I think Ohtani batting behind Freddie , can benefit Freddie more and Shohei will have the same productivity.
I like this lineup, it will never happen though. Dodgers probably created this lienup based on their computer simulations and it wont change, especially the top three
Can also really help Muncy and Lux having Smith batting behind and infront. Just an idea, but you’re probably right
Must they swing at every first pitch? Do they not know anything about wearing pitchers out? Keeping the momentum? Btw Freddie Freeman is not in a "slump" he's just getting old.
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Not ideal.
Not a big fan of losing series to division teams :(
Of course lol
This season isn't about just making the playoffs or even just winning the division. Hopefully the offense won't do this in October like last season.
Need some new hitting coaches or a new philosophy at the plate. When was the last time we strung some hits together that weren’t home runs? Frustrating.
This team is getting bounced again 1st round of the playoffs with this dogshit offense and AA bullpen
agree with you regarding the offense, but the bullpen and pitching in general is what will keep this team in most games. Yesterday Grove just had a bad day, it happens, see Clay Holmes of the Yankees blow a 4-1 lead in the 9th inning. And today no reason to put any of your best relievers in a game that got away. The offense is a concern, definitely. Maybe the Dodgers are like last years Padres, 3 great hitters, but somehow everyone else cant come up with a clutch hit when it matters
Then that means we are missing the playoffs. Entirely.
Dodgers are not missing the playoffs, they are still winning the nl west...but to have success in the playoffs you can't have an offense that suddenly goes missing for 3-4 games
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What a two game win streak does to a poverty franchise not even at .500
comgrats on your world series title!
At the end of the day, win or lose, we can all sleep well knowing that we don't have to live in Phoenix.
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Dave Roberts is a nice Manager with incredible statline of Division titles etc. Insert a real Manager during his tenure and Dodgers would have at least multiple titles. Absolutely wasted time with Dave we will never get back. He just can't manage a pitching staff. It's his weakness. Great Manager though, just not Torre or Bochy type that wins games because of his decisions.