Game two starters, Flaherty for the Dodgers, Darvish for the Padres. Once again, the Padres struck first. Arraez flied out to Betts. Tatis then homered to left. Profar walked and Machado hit into a double play. In the Dodger half of the inning, Ohtani struck out. Betts hit a ball deep to left and Profar robbed him of a homer by going into the stands to make the catch. Freeman then struck out. In the top of the second, Merrill singled to center. Bogaerts and Cronenworth both grounded hot with Merrill moving to third. Peralta then homered to CF. Padres up 3-0. Higashioka struck out to end the inning.
In the bottom of the second, Teo singled. Muncy then singled to right and Teo went to third. Smith walked. Lux then hit a sac-fly to right. Edman hit a line drive to Arraez who caught it and doubled up Muncy at first. 3-1 Padres. Flaherty has already given up 2 homers in this game. It is something that has plagued him his last several starts. Top of the third, Arraez grounded out. Tatis Jr. doubled to left. Profar struck out and Machado grounded out to Flaherty who threw to first.
Bottom of the third, Miguel Rojas led off by lining out to CF. Ohtani then grounded out to first. Mookie struck out to end the inning. Top of the fourth, Merrill leading off grounded out to Lux. Bogaerts lined out to Hernandez on the second pitch he saw. Cronenworth grounded out to Freeman. Flaherty became the first Dodger starter to go four innings in the playoffs in two years. The last Dodger pitcher to do that was Kershaw in a game 2 loss to the Padres in 22. He has made 66 pitches in four innings.
Freeman leading off the bottom of the fourth inning lined out to deep right field. Hernandez then grounded out to Cronenworth. Muncy grounded out on the second pitch he saw to Arraez at first. Padres defense has made three game changing plays. Profar’s catch in left, Tatis catching Freddie’s drive and Arraez with a great backhand play on Muncy’s ball. Top of the fifth inning, Peralta led off and popped out to Rojas. Higashioka grounded out Rojas to Freeman. Arraez popped out to Muncy.
Smith flied out to Merrill to start the bottom of the fifth. Lux singled to center. Edman hit into a force play with Lux retired at second. Edman stole second on the second strike to Rojas. Miguel then flied out to Tatis ending the inning. Max Muncy moved to first base and Kike took over third in the top of the sixth. Tatis Jr. led off and was hit by a pitch. Profar bunted for a single. Machado then struck out. With Merrill coming up, Banda replaces Flaherty. Flaherty made 90 pitches in 5.1 innings. Merrill singled to left and Tatis Jr. scored. Bogaerts grounded out Lux to Muncy. Runners moved to second and third. Cronenworth struck out ending the inning. Padres lead 4-1.
Ohtani led off the bottom of the sixth and he grounded out to Darvish. Betts then popped out and his post-season malaise continues. Kike up for the first time in the series. Kike hit a long drive to center that Merrill had to leap and catch at the wall. In the top of the seventh, Banda stayed in to pitch and Solano PH for Peralta. Solano grounded out to SS. With Higashioka coming up, Hudson replaced Banda. Higashioka grounded out Rojas to Muncy. Arraez then grounded out Rojas to Muncy ending the inning. Hudson made only 5 pitches.
In the bottom of the seventh, fans threw a ball at Profar and there was a delay on the field. The delay lasted several minutes. Dodger Stadium security was trying to get the crowd under control. Not a good look for the team or the fans. The delay was around 12 minutes long. After the delay, Teo walked. Muncy popped out to SS. On the first pitch Smith, Hernandez stole second. Smith then grounded out to Machado. Lux flied out to Merrill in CF.
Top of the eighth, Tatis Jr. led off against Brasier, who replaced Hudson, and he grounded out to Kike. Profar up next and he flied out to Edman. Machado was next up, and Manny singled to center. Merrill homered to left and it is 6-1 Padres. Homers once again have been the bane of Dodger pitching. Grove comes in to replace Brasier. Bogaerts homered to left, 7-1 Padres. Cronenworth struck out.
In the bottom of the eighth, Scott replaced Darvish and Wade took over at SS for Bogaerts. Edman led off the inning and he grounded out to Machado on a great play. Dodgers challenged the out call. The ruling was overturned, and Edman had a single. Rojas popped out to first. Ohtani struck out for the second time in the game. Mookie Betts then grounded out to Machado.
Padres ninth, Henriquez in to pitch for LA. Solano led off the inning by popping out to Muncy. Higashioka up and he homered to center field. 8-1 Padres. Arraez singled to center. At this point in the game, they are just trying to get Henriquez some experience. Tatis Jr. homered to CF, 10-1 SD. This was their sixth homer of the game. Profar singled to center. Lockridge replaced Profar on the bases. Machado up and Manny lined out to left. Merrill then struck out. Hard baptism for Henriquez, but there was not much chance the Dodgers would come back from a 7-1 deficit as it was.
Bottom of the ninth, Padres brought in Jacob to pitch. Kike leading off the inning lined out to Merrill again. Teo then lined out to second. Muncy then homered to right center field. 10-2. Smith walked. He went to second and then third on defensive indifference. Lux struck out to end the game. LA was 0-5 with RISP. The top 5 in the order, including Kike’s two at bats went 3-19. Muncy was the only Dodger with 2 hits. They struck out 5 times and left 5 on base.
Summary: Once again, the Dodgers starting pitching put the team in a hole right off of the bat. And it was HR’s that did the job. The Padres ended up hitting 6 homers in this game. Flaherty gave up 4 of the 10 runs and became the first Dodger pitcher to pitch into the sixth in a playoff game in two years. But let us give credit where credit is due. Darvish pitched a great game. The Padres defense made some great plays that stopped the Dodgers from big innings. Of more concern is Freeman leaving the game due to ankle soreness. Freddie is now day to day. The series moves to San Diego, where they will play game 3 on Tuesday.
Dodgers have not named a starter yet, but SD is expected to start Michael Kine. Dodgers will need to jump on him early. This was a blow out. Put it in the rear-view mirror and focus on Tuesday.
Born June 14th, 1948, in Los Angeles California. AKA The Bear
Put this one behind you. Dodgers need to have a very short memory. Joe Kelly was kept off of the postseason roster because his shoulder has been barking again. Dodgers-Padres game on Tuesday starts at 6:08 PST. 7:08 for me.
What does Jokelly have to do with anything?
Nothing wise ass. I was just reporting why he wasn’t on the roster.
Weak sauce from the Dodgers. We have seen this movie before and it ends badly. AF and Timmons, the chief moron, will tell you playoffs are a crapshoot and short series do not allow for the best teams to win. Issue with that is baseball is played by people and those with cojones rise to the top.
I hope the Dodgers can shake this off but am not encouraged
How many times in the last several years has the team with the best record in baseball won the series? Crapshoot? Maybe not, but usually the team that wins is on a roll. 5-day layoff helped the Dodgers some. But, with all the injuries to major pieces of the rotation, their chances took a big hit. The bullpen has pitched more innings than the starters lately. And now with Freddie not at 100%, them just winning game one was a step forward. Flaherty put them in a hole, and great pitching by Darvish and some solid defense from his team kept them there. The way the fans acted late in the game is a bad reflection on the city and the team. No need for that kind of BS.
The city has gone to hell (illegal and legal migrants). I see your point on the team though.
California is a shit hole
BELIEVE ME I’m not defending Mark Timmons, but injuries happened. Glasnow, Stone, Graterol, Gonsolin, Sheehan and Buehler (we’ll see about Buehler though) come to mind that would make a difference. Again, BELIEVE ME i’m not defending Mark, because he belittled me several times, but I don’t think this is on AF.
Today, we saw what I’ve said was the worst thing that could happen, our pitchers throwing HR balls. Flaherty lost the game for us from the get go giving up 2 HRs. You don’t win a game like this, usually. But, then our B player BP trotted out and gave up 4 HRs, pitchers that never should have been on the field. The poster that has been calling for Henriquez to be on the playoff roster should learn from this. He gave up 2 HRs. Doc was obviously in prayer mode. True we didn’t hit the way we have been lately, but this game was clearly lost by the pitchers. Doc needs to go all in for the remaining games. Only the best arms get to see the mound. We need the next game. Betts better gear himself up for the wins or his legacy will begin to haunt him come playoff time.
I think Betts and Muncy have to show up the rest of the way or changes need to be made next season. I’m not a big Roberts fan, but this loss is not on him. Betts and Muncy are not producing, the pitching is awful.
Mookie hit a ball into the stands…. and the Dodger fans failed to catch it, enabling Profar to do that instead.
Did you see the replay? Profar was the only one with a glove close to the ball. The fan closest to the ball did not have a glove, if he had one, Profar might not have made the catch. Would not have made much difference except tying the game. They got to Flaherty for 3 more and Darvish shut them down convincingly.
And who do you think should leave? Mookie isn’t going anywhere. Muncy has a very team friendly deal for next year, only 13 million. The pitching is awful because all of the guys except Yamamoto, who were in the rotation opening day are on the IL or were sent down due to bad performance. AF isn’t getting fired and Roberts, even if they lose, is pretty safe. This year was one of his better managing performances. Players are human, things happen. They need to play better. If not, then some won’t be on the team come next year. But the stars will still be on the team.
When I pick up my 15-year-old son, the crafty southpaw, from school, he is often joined by a rabid Mets fan.
So today we debated whether it’s better to lose in a blowout or on a walk-off in the 9th…
I’m still not sure.
My main takeaways from today’s game:
–We Dodgers fans need to put better fielders behind the short walls in the leftfield and rightfield corners. Fans aren’t supposed to reach into the field of play, but a fan certainly could have caught Mookie’s HR before it became an out in Profar’s glove. What a great souvenir!!! (Who knows how Profar’s web gem play may have affected the momentum of this game? And of course the fans shouldn’t act like stupid jerks later.)
–I still think Roberts should have used Henriquez instead of Brasier. Not only had Brasier pitched the day before, but it’s safe to say most Padres had never faced the flame-throwing rookie before. Yes, he got rocked in the 9th–but that was with the game essentially already lost.
–I wonder whether Freddie re-damaged his ankle on the steal the other day. A head-first slide, I think, would have been advisable, but I’m not sure I’ve ever seen Freddie do a head-first slide. Now we are left to wonder when he’ll be coming back. (I’d be OK with a dramatic pinch-hit to win a game.)
Will Buehler or Knack be next?
Had a bad feeling as soon as those fans allowed Profar to catch the Betts fly ball. Can not happen. How as a Dodger fan can you allow Profar to go that deep into the stands and not make him pay for it ? You have every right to even go at his body to secure the ball.
All those idiots who say starting pitching in the playoffs is overrated think again. You might win a game or two with your bullpen but not an entire series. At some point you got to get a win or at least a quality outing from your starters.
Second day in a row the starters have put our offense way behind immediately.
Sure recipe for getting ousted in the NLDS again. We have seen this for years now.
Doc is not to blame for this loss.
However should we survive this dogfight and somehow advance to the NLCS some changes need to be made . Grove in true form to his regular season came in and immediately gives up a bomb. Henriquez showed rookie growing pains and got shelled too even if the game was already out of hand which might have played a role.
Freddie is visibly not even close to being game ready. Huge blow for the rest of the series.
Others will have to step up. Betts, smith to name just two guys.
Game 3 will be a war in SD after what happened yesterday at DS. Dodgers better be ready for it. Physically and mentally.
Would help if for once we can get to their starter quickly.
Go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!!
Well I guess we learned one thing late in game 2. Don’t piss off the Padres.
But I wouldn’t be too worried if I was a Pads outfielder if the fans start throwing their home run balls back at them. Not even the professionals in LA can throw the ball where their aiming.
Fans had no shot at keeping him from catching the ball. The guy closest to Profar and the ball did not have a glove. Other fans in the area were like most fans when a ball comes at them, they turn their heads and try to catch it.
Gotta score… 11?
That was ugly early. And the top of the lineup 0 for 12 Yeah, put this one in the rear view and prepare for a jacked up raucous crowd and an equally jacked up San Diego Padre team. They believe they can beat us and no doubt can’t wait to prove it on their home field.
What to do about the pitching? Pray.
Lakers Rams and Dodgers all lost on the same day. That doesn’t happen often.
Actually, of you use the top 4, 1-15. Teo had the only hit.
Sorry folks but if your 1 – three hitters are only going to produce NO HITS you aren’t going to win. Mookie has absolutely disappeared once again this post season. Then just to rub salt in the gaping offensive wound, Teo and Muncy only got one hit each. Sorry but that’s the recipe for packing up and going home. It’s going to be very ugly in SD this week. Maybe the rest of the way in this series the Dodgers should abandon the traditional starting pitching concept and just move to Bullpen style pitching rotations, 1 or 2 innings max from any pitcher, really what is there to lose, it’s pretty obvious that we have a major whole in our staff.
Sorry folks but if your 1 – three hitters are only going to produce NO HITS you aren’t going to win. Mookie has absolutely disappeared once again this post season. Then just to rub salt in the gaping offensive wound, Teo and Muncy only got one hit each. Sorry but that’s the recipe for packing up and going home. It’s going to be very ugly in SD this week. Maybe the rest of the way in this series the Dodgers should abandon the traditional starting pitching concept and just move to Bullpen style pitching rotations, 1 or 2 innings max from any pitcher, really what is there to lose, it’s pretty obvious that we have a major hole in our staff.
That’s what I suggested before the playoffs started.
Well, that was ugly. After having an encouraging victory in game 1 the Dodgers reverted back to their old playoff ways. Flaherty got them into the sixth inning, but the Dodger BP couldn’t take advantage. They gave up an additional six runs in only three innings. It was home run derby for the Padres. It didn’t make any difference as the Dodger offense was completely shut down with only five hits. Muncy came alive with a hard hit single and a HR. But, no one else wanted to play. It looks like Freeman’s ankle finally gave out and he is questionable for the future.
Let’s see how things go in San Diego. Hopefully, by some miracle, Buehler and Knack can limit the Padre bats and the Dodger offense can go into “Badger run production” mode. It could be a tough assignment as King will be starting for the Padres. But, everyone can have a bad game so let’s hope that will be the case with Michael King Tuesday night.
At this point in the series I’m going to watch and see how things turn out. Not going to get excited or down until the last pitch of the series. If they win then it’s off to New York or Philly. If they lose then it will be an interesting off season for the team and ownership. And, no matter what the final result is the medical staff and pitching coaches will be under tremendous scrutiny. The team can’t spend hundreds of millions of dollars for pitchers that break down half way through a season.
Carry on.
Betts and Smith are playing like who they are come playoff time. For all the complaints against Lux he is playing better than both of them. We are old and all friedmans money cant change that. Pitching is what wins in postseason and we have none. I hope I am wrong and the worm turns but the team make up never changes retreads and bashing rookies. imo
Ohtaniism is not dead yet.
It is not Freidman’s money. It is Guggenheim’s money. Lux has played well so far. But the series isn’t over yet, so don’t act like it is. Things can change quickly. This team still has a lot of fight in it.
I had the same number of hits, in last night’s game, as Ohtani, Betts, Freddy, Kike had in the 1 thru 4 batting positions.
Old,my ass.Get real .Pressure maybe.
Good post Ted. I’m with you on just not getting too emotional over the outcome. I personally am not surprised as many here are. Like Jeff above who wants to pick out those of us that wanted Henriquez on the roster. Who, exactly, was an alternative He pitched well down the stretch. Is Kelly the alternative? He’s hurt and was too unpredictable. But I guess Henriquez was the problem?
We got 5 hits and the Padres got 13 and they played awesome defense. Right now they are the better team. Our starting pitching is decimated and suspect. Everybody knows that.
I hate the Padres but not only did they win Game 2, they did what they love to do; get under our skin, both the players and the fans. They do that well and it’s something they love to do.
The padres are just better than the Dodgers in starting pitching, defense, hitting, bullpen. The starting pitching is just way better and it shows. You are not going to outscore teams in the playoffs. Our bullpen is good but after 2 games we look done.
I know AF thought he had amassed enough starting pitching but obviously he didn’t. If he hadn’t signed Ohtani we might not have even gotten into the playoffs. His pitching selections like Glasnow and Yamamoto looked like they would be the answer. Glasnow was a true number 1 until injury. Yamamoto is just a bust for me. He just has not produced. With his slight build it’s looking like kid gloves just to keep him in the rotation. What could AF have done: Cease, Imanaga, Snell, I mean they were all available. If they had been with the Dodgers would they have stayed healthy? Even when the Dodgers had Kershaw in his prime and Grienke AF tried to fill in with Brett Anderson etc. To be fair he has been burned by Urias and the lover boy(can’t remember his name). He had to know Glasnow was an injury waiting to happen and what injury will Kershaw come up with next, May u couldn’t count on. Yamamoto is the guy who really let us down. I know this is a discussion for later.
As far as the next 2 games not much chance. King has owned us and Buehler well he just doesn’t match up. The pads are a bunch of jerks with Machado, profar, tatis but Preller has done a great job in roster construction. Losing Soto, hader, etc while adding Cease, king, several bullpen guys plus profar (1million) their cf Merrill plus the manager. Preller should win the award for Gm, head of operations etc. it would take a minor miracle 2 win the series but that is why u play the games.
Ten I just have to ask, how much starting pitching was AF supposed to amass? How many pitchers have gone down since the start of the season?
Agree. It looked like a lot. Most were injury prone. Yamamoto was the one guy that looked like he was a number 1. He just hasn’t performed. The other guys like Kershaw, Glasnow, Gonsolin, May, frasso, Buehler, Paxton u knew were huge risks. Stone , Yamamoto, were really surprise injuries. I just have to wonder how these other teams make it through. All I hear is well this guy is way over his innings but king was a reliever and he is better now than at the beginning. Mb the pads just got lucky with Cease and King. Mb selecting pitchers who already have had tj is the difference. I don’t have the answers nor am I paid to. I just know we find ourself in the same position with no starting pitching. I just think AF has got to formulate a different plan. Next year who: Ohtani, Gonsolin, May, Buehler mb, stone mb, Glasnow can u make it through a season with that bunch. Mb there is something else going on. I am a lifelong Dodger fan and I just hate to c us blow chances year after year. These guys are making big money to figure it out. I don’t blame Roberts he has to have the players. I’m sorry I don’t want to blame I just want them to realize something has to change. This team has great talent but they are not on the field.
Ten, they already realize things have to change. I guess you did not watch the press conference AF had several weeks ago about that very subject. The one thing that is hardest to do is predict injury. They were very careful with Glasnow because of his injury history. They pulled him early from some games, and they also gave him extra rest between some of his starts. Yoshi and Stone’s injuries came out of nowhere. Miller was ineffective. Injury? He still had the stuff, but he totally had no confidence. Buehler had missed two full years. I think everyone expected too much of him. When the trade deadline rolled around, Stone was healthy, at least everyone thought so. Yoshi was due back, and Kersh had been activated. They probably needed to trade for two starters, but trading for difference makers would have been extremely expensive in prospects. Flaherty came relatively cheap. They got a great bullpen arm in Kopech, which at the time was really needed. Their two top targets and players they talked about, were not traded. Skubal and Crochet. Crochet went in the dumpster after the deadline and no way Detroit was trading their best pitcher. They have what they have. They will either win or lose with the roster they have.
ONe issue with your statement on Yakitori, a number 1 does perform or else he isn’t a number 1. ONe more thing, I really don’t see Yakitori as a number 1, he actually is a 3 and possibly a 4 on most other of the better teams.
Who the hell is Yakitori? You mean Yamamoto? Before he went down with his shoulder problems, he was easily the #2 on this team. Considering they figured out he was probably tipping his pitches, much like Darvish in game 7 of the series against Houston, we will see how he does the next time out. They need to at least split in SD. Win game three. That guarantees you come back to LA.
HOwever, other than starting pitching, defense, hitting, and bullpen we have the better team. (Sarcasm alert to Bear). Also, I think the all important metric of Ballboy performance we are kicking the Padre’s ass (Sarcasm alert to Bear)
Machado pulled the team together with a dugout talk. That was a leadership move and it was needed after Profar had a melt down.
I think I saw Tatis with a small smile as he watched Profar losing his cool.
Muncy has just missed several hard hit balls down the line and it reminded me of the World Series loss to the Yankees where Graig Nettles made those plays that stopped Dodger rallies.
Edward looked really good hitting right handed against the right pitcher and has looked weak hitting left handed.
In Game 1, Edmon bunted for a hit ,and it started a momentum shift. Yesterday, Profar (or someone else) bunted on Flaherty, and it started a momentum shift.
For the life of me, I don’t understand why Mookie won’t bunt (since Machado plays a deep 3b on him), and change his own momentum. It’s become idiotic that he won’t change and try something different. 3 for his last 44 or whatever in October is flat out unacceptable.
Do something different!
Padres act like the punk kids on the block that you ho and play them.in a game and pinchbthem in the mouth and beat the living tar out of them theres four characters on that team Machado Tatis Jr Profar and now Merrill that just iritate you. This is when you need to have a guy on your side that hit one of those guys in the ribs and shut them.up. I am glad Flarethu yelled at them maybe ut will light a fire under these Dodgers because once again the Padres look like they have there playoff faces on but not the Dodgers they look like there shocked to be in the playoffs and Padres look like there suppose to be there. Any way the way you knock down a punch you come into there house and yiu have to thump on them if you don’t the Dodgers could be done. Padres 6 Homer’s and Dodgers 1 aren’t the Didgers suppose to be the power hitting team.
Good pitching beats good hitting. Darvish pitched a great game. End of story.
Bradley, I think your point of retaliation against the Padres bush league tactics is completely wrong. It has long been the Padres tactic to get under our skin and take us out of our game, and they’ve been successful at it again. It helps when we’re shitty and they can rub our noses in it. 13 hits to 5 and stellar defense can let them act like that little freckled-face neighborhood brat who worked at pissing you off. I’n not sure it was the majority of the team as much as Flaherty and the fans who got into the pissing match.
It’s TWO friggin games and it’s 1 to 1. Yeah, it looks like a tall task with Knack and Buehler. The Padres look like the better team but we’ll see.
It’s going to take a “Hit-Man or two” but not a “Hit-Man” enforcer to shut these bastards up. We need a Betts and Ohtani and not a Mariciano.
PLAY Better.
Well, one thing so far is going as expected…
MOOKIE BEING MOOKIE IN THE POST SEASON…..a choking flub!
Too bad we don’t have a strong LHH to replace him against all these RHP. And please don’t respond with James Outman. Been there, don’t that…..no thanks.
Should have given Rushng at least a look before the playoffs.
Go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Never was going to happen and Rushing would not have helped one-bit last night.
1) I’ve been busy this year and I haven’t kept up on stats. With that said, I take back what I said yesterday that I don’t blame Doc for bringing in Brasier. Brasier has been bad in his career against LHB and even worse this year. Jackson Merrill is a LHB who kills RHP and he hit a home run off of RHP Brasier. Things just don’t change when it comes to Doc, another bad bullpen decision. It didn’t matter in this game, but it could happen at the wrong time and that is one reason why I don’t like Doc.
2) For anyone that wants Edgardo Henriquez RIGHT NOW on the big league team, he’s not ready YET. At AAA Oaklahoma City he has a 1.895 WHIP and that’s HORRIBLE. His minor league career WHIP is 1.422, that’s BAD. I see a couple good things in his minor league stats though, so I think there is good chance he turns out to be good down the line, BUT NOT NOW. Unfortunately there was always going to be a hole that Henriquez ended up at on the playoff roster.
3) I got a lot of crap a few years ago mainly from Mark on the other blog when I said something like “I think Grove is just a trade chip for the dodgers”. Well, he’s still with the Dodgers, but he’s still looking like a trade chip a few years later. While I’m at it, I got a lot of crap from Mark about my bad outlook on Cartaya and Miguel Vargas BEFORE they imploded. Well……… look at their stats. I think I was the ONLY ONE that had a bad outlook on Cartaya(the #1 Dodger prospect 2 years in a row). We’ll see about Outman, I’ve been a big fan that has thought he can be an above average player with a ceiling of a low level star. Last year he was an above average player, we’ll see.
4) To wrap this up and not to be captain obvious, but the offense has to carry this team with the help of the bullpen (Doc’s involvement with the bullpen scares the hell out of me). Buehler and Knack scare the hell out of me too. Let’s hope we see the Buehler of the pre-surgery past and I wouldn’t doubt it, but then again it might not happen, but let’s hope. Hopefully the Dodgers win one in San Diego and brings it back to LA for game 5 or better yet wins it all in San Diego. That would be fun to eliminate the Padres in San Diego 😎 👊 👍
Thanks to Yamamoto I don’t think Robert’s had many options. Because we were behind I doubt he wanted to use a high leverage reliever. He really didn’t want to use Henrique or Grove so brasier went in.
Grove has no business on the roster. He has a slider and that’s it. He also can’t get lefties out.
no offense can outscore this depleted pitching staff.
You might have a point there in your first paragraph, but the Dodgers offense can explode(a good thing) at any time and the game wasn’t out of reach at that time, the Padres only had 4 runs before Brasier was brought in. By the way, I think Yamamoto comes back and pitches good in his next start.
Oh yeah, something I forgot to mention about Doc, why doesn’t he use his best relievers NO MATTER WHAT in the playoffs, there are days off. Doesn’t he know that? This is such a good point I’m going to post it in my own post.
That’s what I said before. Unleash the A list, not the B list BP!
I don’t agree. Our offense can outscore our depleted pitching staff’s output. They key is to not offer up HRs. Our A list BP is tough. We need them to take control as well as Ohtaniism to huff and puff and blow their house down.
Now official, Buehler will face King in game 3 tomorrow. Bogaerts might miss game 3 for the Padres. Freddie is day to day and is getting treatment today.
Oh yeah, something I forgot to mention about Doc. Can ANYONE tell me why Doc doesn’t use his best relievers NO MATTER WHAT in the playoffs?
There are days off. Doesn’t he know that (I know he does, I’m just making a point).
He’s not that smart but he will be forced to under these circumstances.
Arizona Fall League begins today. Zahir Hope and Gelof are two of the six Dodgers playing this fall. Today is also Mookie’s birthday. #32.
Happy Birthday Mr. August, now get an FN hit in October!!!
I think the dodgers would have been wise to bring back Greinke Rich Hill and had gotten Evoladi from the Rangers at tradr deadline why playoff experience over Yamamoto Flarethy is a good number 3 to. They need to find a number 1 and number 2 pitcher in the off season then have Yamaoto be number 3 and Flarethy number 4 and Buehler 5 next year. Here’s a chance guys Corrbin Burnes number 1 and Max Fried number 2 now tgat is what they need plus yiu have eOhtani next year so you don’t need Buehler this year just no pitching.
A. Greinke was never an option. He was not signed by anyone as a free agent this winter for good reason. Last year he was 2-15. He is 6-24 over the last two seasons with an ERA north of 5. The last season he had a sub-4 ERA was 2019. He turns 40 this month. He also gave up 25 HR’s last year. He is not the same pitcher and has not been for years. B. Hill? Really? Dude is 44 years old. He was finally signed by the Red Sox and pitched in 4 games. He was 0-1 with an ERA over 4. He has not been good since 2018. Eovaldi was never on the market. He was the Rangers best pitcher. He can be a free agent this winter unless Texas exercises his vesting option which is 20 million.
Next year, the starters already on the team are Yamamoto, Ohtani, Glasnow, Knack, Stone, Gonsolin, Miller, Sheehan could be back by midseason, May, Frasso, Wrobleski. Pitching will be the #1 target. Just who we do not know. They will also have to rebuild the pen. Hudson and Kelly are most likely gone. Brasier has one more year on his deal. Vesia is arbitration eligible. They will retain Kopech for sure and Graterol will be back. They seem to be grooming Casparius for the pen instead of a starting role. Same with Hurt. Free agent targets would be someone like Burnes, but the bidding for his services is going to be high. Freid is a fan favorite since he is an LA boy and is left-handed. Buehler will be a free agent. But he is not going to want to go out the way this season has gone. Kersh has a 10-mil player option. But they can’t just go get everyone they want. Some might not want to play in LA. Another possible option is Sasaki. If his team posts him this winter, LA will be in on him. Burnes and Freid will never be the 1-2 on this team. Burnes might be a one, but Ohtani and Yamamoto and Glasnow would be ahead of Fried.
I was just suggesting they should have gone after a veteran pitcher that has been in a playoff game thatd why I said Greinke or Hill because the season could come down to Knack on wednesday we had just so many minor league pitchers come up and two bright spots were River Rysn gone arm surgery and Wobenski now playoffs there’s not a guy like Hill to save the season. But they could have gotten Anderson from the Angels or that pitcher who was with the giants and this season with the As oh what’s his name tgen having the hopes of Knack that waa my point. Just way to many pitching injuries this year losing Glasnow hurt and Kershaw.
Slow your roll there Bradley. Flaherty does have post-season experience. Both with the Cardinals and the Orioles. Wrobleski was 1-2 with an ERA north of 5. He wasn’t that impressive, and he gave up 9 homers in 36.1 innings pitched. There is no way Hill could save anything and Greinke has not been effective since before the pandemic. Anderson might have been a good choice, but the Angels were not trading with anyone. If he had been available, maybe AF trades for him. Are you talking about Stripling? He also is a former Dodger, but he was on the IL a lot this year and when he wasn’t, he got lit up pretty good. Kershaw wasn’t coming back before July anyway, and then his toe flared up. They need to win tonight. That insures they go back to LA for game 5. What they get from Knack and whoever tomorrow would be a plus. Ryan pitched very well. He and Casparius have been the two best rookie pitchers this year. Injuries happen, and they are the one thing you can’t predict.
Very unpopular opinion to follow:
I have absolutely no problem with the attitude the Padres have.
I have absolutely no problem with that routine Profar pulled after he made the catch on Mookie.
I have absolutely no problem with the little dance Jr did in right field after his excellent catch or with his two-step routine coming around third on his homers.
These guys are having fun while getting paid huge amounts to play a game. Their attitude probably keeps them from choking in rough situations and probably aggravates the opposition to boot. Yeah, most of you consider them to be a bunch of jerks. I’m guessing if they were doing the same thing while wearing Dodger Blue you’d be just fine with it.
And while I’m at it (since I expect some of you will have at me when you read this), a couple of Dodgers should have raced out to the outfield when our wonderful fans started throwing stuff last night and screamed at them to cut it out. Instead, they just stood there looking at it. That crap from any fan base is totally unacceptable and I’m embarrassed it came from idiots who support my team.
Last night, as bad as we looked, just evened the series. We can still win this thing but it won’t be easy. I’m not giving up until we prove we aren’t up to it. Right now, SD is definitely the better team. Well guess what, the better team doesn’t always win.
I agree with everything you wrote.
I’m not worrie about the Padres. Im worried about the Dodgers. I think they say the right things going into every October, but as soon as one failure happens, we seem to get tight. Exhibit A: Mookie Betts.
Let’s see what we are made of tomorrow. I don’t care how annoying the Padres or their fans are, it’s up to us to show up.
Yep
Do not disagree about the fans, but the LAD sphincters seem to tighten when things get loud against them. Mookie is just one example.
If he continues to choke, do we seek to trade him?
I hope that is sarcasm because Mookie isn’t getting traded anytime soon.
I agree with all of that Blue and I will add it wasn’t;t the catch Profar made and the fun he had with the fans, it was his overly emotional anger complaining about the trash thrown into left field.
The trash was in right field. Profar was angry because someone threw a ball at him.
Too bad they missed. LA might have signed the guy if he had hit him……SARCASM ALERT.
Yes, on all counts!
I find Tatis Jr. to be incredibly fun to watch. I even think Machado has matured quite a bit since his spell with this team.
Of course the Dodgers can win it. It’s silly to think otherwise. Need to have Betts hit more like he did in the 1st. And get lucky (or some other phrasing because that’s a loaded comment) with pitching.
There’s a reason the Dodgers had the best record in the MLB.
Good points. I do not like some of the Padre antics, but that is their personality. They are within their rights to celebrate and antagonize the opponents or fans. Tatis is crushing the ball right now and is extremely talented. Most of the heated discussions came after Flaherty hit Tatis. While it may not have been intentional, Flaherty meant to pitch inside. He said he missed over the plate in the first inning, and preferred to miss inside instead of over the plate in the 6th inning. I think that is good baseball by Flaherty. The flip side, however, is that the Dodgers should expect that the Padres will pitch inside to Ohtani as well, even if that means hitting him.
Game 3 is obviously a huge game and hopefully, Buehler can come up big like he has so many times in previous postseasons.
One game doesn’t make them the better team. We are the top seed and can slap them silly. Grumpy old men don’t win anything and the Padres are anything but grumpy or old. We win this series then roll over the Phillies. It’s certainly possible and doable.
Watching Skubal for the Tigers pitch makes me wish we had an Ace in the SP staff. Skubal is 51 pitches of no hit ball through 4 IP. Oh how we could use a “shut down” SP.
I understand why we tried so hard to get him, and why Det said no way each time.
I have a plan to even things out. Bring up Kelly to replace an “injured”’Henrique. He comes in and drills Tatis with a 99 special who charges the mound and starts a huge melee. Both Kelly and Tatis get suspended for the next 2 games. Or we switch right fielders for the next 3 games.
Kelly is ineligible to pitch until the next round.
This will be a very sore subject over the off season for the FO. With all our pitching problems, we might need a severe over haul of the players and staff. We will have Ohtani but is he an Ace? Other than him, we have no Ace anymore. Kersh is cooked and so are some of the younger talent that seemed so promising.
Some mind numbingly dumb posts today. What is this the other site?
Perhaps, Bluto, you could grade each of the posts based on the Bluto scale.
Anything A, B, or C can remain, but any D or F posts will be removed.
Thank you for your service.
How about I just comment on the really good ones, and everyone can discern that the rest are average or silly silly.
Well done Bluto.
Do I get a response?
Lol
I’m bad with names, but I definitely don’t think you’re as bonkers as some of the others.
I’d really not like to get specific here.
I don’t think you have the will power to do that. 🙂
Sad, but true.
The GOAT is the ultimate poster!! He can sense that silliness wherever it is planted. His scale cannot be divulged u have to have clearance for that. He will extinguish the silliness wherever it exist. Just his spoken word about silliness will dilute it. His tentacles reach far and wide to eradicate silliness!!
I do call it silly, but it’s not. It’s just a maelstrom of knee-jerk reaction posited as truths.
wt…. Posited lol
That would certainly be preferred.
Wow, even the great Emanuel Clase didn’t have it today.
Tigers tie the series 1-1!
Koufax even had days like that. I saw him get knocked around by the Braves at the coliseum. Gave up homers to Adcock and Mathews LA lost 8-3.
It’s not a good year for star relievers in the playoffs.
First we had Hader.
Then we had Williams.
Today we had Clase.
Could Tanner Scott be next?
I am going with Cole Ragans in KC/NYY Game 2. All 4 DS will be tied 1-1.
And yet another playoff game RBI hit for Tommy Pham. And then he steals a base against a LHP. Of course with LAD he would be closing his eyes swinging as hard as he can, looking for the highest velo and launch angle. Why get a lousy single? Even if it scores a run.
Fans on a poll on MLBTR don’t think the Dodgers have a chance to win the series. Almost 80% picked SD in 4 or 5.
Don’t just pick on Mookie for his performance. Judge is ofer the series. Ragans leaves in the bottom of the 5th.
Is there any video of this Machado throwing at Roberts incident?
All 4 division winners split at home. 66% of the time in the division series the teams going home for games 3&4 and tied 1-1 win the series
Fun reading everyones take on yesterdays shellacking. It is concerning, but it is just one game. Just need to take one game in SD and get the series back to LA.
We will see what this team is made of in these next 2 games. Go Dodgers!!!
October 7,1952. In the decisive Game 7, the Yankees beat the Dodgers at Ebbets Field, 4-2, to win their fourth consecutive World Championship. Some Brooklyn fans gathered at local churches asking for divine help for Gil Hodges to break his slump, but their beloved first baseman finished the Fall Classic hitless in twenty-one at-bats.
Mookie’s post season slump is not unprecedented in Dodger lore.