Why rodgers didnt play

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Injuries Player Injury M. Full Injuries. Sat, Oct 16 L Sun, Oct 17 L And the attrition kept coming. At the end, there was just not enough fuel in the tank. Jon R. Or are you just consumed with the regular season wins that apparently is ALL you Drrrrrrr sympathizers understand?.

Just needed a change of scenery I guess. Oh well, back to the drawing board. At least the Giants are in the WS. I look forward to seeing if Joc can help beat the Astros. All the above reasons why Dodgers fell short are in play here. My main reason is an inconsistent inept offense that did what they did in that 7th inning with runners on 2nd and 3rd with no out and the following 3 batters strike out. End of story. But I was right when I said at the very beginning that the offense would not be as good as last year and not having a DH had a great deal to do with it.

Paul, you and I both know what contributed to the inconsistent Line ups. Drrrrrrrrrr changed the line up on a nightly basis, no one ever knowing if they were playing, not knowing what order. Lefty righty stupidity. He allowed Bellinger to bat 4th while in his Historical slump? Costing a few games right there. The failure to play fundamental Baseball -Situational baseball WAS the reason this team failed against the better teams.

So it was obvious even with Muncy and JT in the line up they never did real well against good pitching. Hence, the need to be able to produce runs in tight moments. How many times were runners stranded on 2nd after a lead off double? They deserve to be watching the world series again….

Kirk, I will agree that lack of fundamental baseball skills is entirely lacking with the Dodgers. Just seems to be part of 21st century baseball. Why this is so is beyond me! D-Rays are the poster child for the quants and have face planted twice in back to back years.

Snell was absolutely dealing in Game 6 last year and Cash yanks him…two batters later Dodgers lead. This year up in the series and up early vs Sale at home…Red Sox advance! Quants will win out over and face plant every October! And the Noodle! Cody Bellinger should be an excellent example thereof. Braves pitched like an MVP not a. Many times there was no intensity, no fire in their eyes….

As I have stated before, I think Roberts lost the clubhouse. Could it be that the players might have tried to sabotage Roberts in order to get him replaced? Roberts, in an interview, stated there were things in the clubhouse that were left there and he was thankful. Many said he was referring to T Bauer. Maybe it was the players were voicing their displeasure with Roberts?

Who knows. What is fact, is that on numerous occasions, he made many a head scratching move. It was almost a daily occurrence. All players go into slumps, but not the entire team, all at the same time, over a long period of time. Time will tell. AP has universal respect throughout MLB. Doug, I can surely see your point. All were below. The chasing outside of the strike zone and those lathargic swings by JT and Seager drove me nuts the entire season.

JT needs to be a bench player at his age. Bring up Cataya to catch and move Will Smith to 3rd. Let Kershaw go to Texas. Brain Freeze Dave Roberts.

WTF can I say? I was constantly irked by The Who Cares attitude exhibited by several players as well. Trying to get them to pull as one is a real tall ask! Just ask Jayce Tingler ex Padre manager how easy it is to keep hold of a clubhouse! He has minor league innings there. I think Dodgers were planning on Rios at 3rd but he was lost to shoulder surgery earlier this year.

By far most in MLB! You can point fingers all you want. Does little good. Improve everywhere possible and win the WS please. Just think about what the free agents are trying to do in their contract year!!

Kersh, Jansen, Seager, Taylor, etc. You guys are all…. Totally unacceptable! The two unforgivable managerial mistakes were: 1 bringing in Julio Urias to pitch in the 8th inning of Game 2 when Blake Treinen had thrown very few pitches in the 7th inning and either Treinen or Kenley Jansen could have combined to cover the 8th and 9th innings and 2 not bringing in Alex Vescia to replace Walker Buehler in the 4th inning of Game 6 when a left handed pinch hitter was announced or at least after the pinch hitter doubled and the score was still tied.

Playing Gavin Lux in center field, starting Buehler on three days rest, and never using Austin Barnes can be discussed and questioned. But those two pitching decisions were unconscionable given the lockdown Dodgers bullpen during the past two weeks.