Dodgers followers shared their opinions this week on Twitter/X, discussing matters starting from the crew’s entrance workplace to Dave Roberts’ lineup decisions. Followers expressed total contentment with the crew, however numerous considerations nonetheless linger because the Dodgers put together for the postseason.
It’s fairly well-known now that the Dodgers splurged within the offseason. Buying Japanese stars Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, together with Tyler Glasnow and Teoscar Hernández has followers praising the general work of the Dodgers’ entrance workplace.
However, because the postseason looms, some followers are involved in regards to the absence of big-time strikes made through the common season. The dearth of total depth has followers feeling unprepared to face aggressive postseason groups.
Not everybody agrees that the Dodgers lack depth. A lot so, that though the work of Dave Roberts obtained a majority of optimistic scores on this week’s polls, some followers argue that he depends solely on expertise.
One fan stated Roberts can be a .500 supervisor at greatest on a mean or below-average crew.
Regardless that accidents are frequent in sports activities, they nonetheless trigger a ruckus in a crew’s lineup. For the Dodgers, the accidents of All-Stars Mookie Betts and Max Muncy, have followers feeling apprehensive about the way forward for the place gamers.
The identical goes for each the Dodgers bullpen and beginning rotation.
The Los Angeles relievers rank second throughout the Majors for mixed ERA (3.25), fifth in win proportion (.622), and sixth in strikeouts (703). However, accidents have flooded the bullpen. Brusdar Graterol, Ryan Brasier, Joe Kelly, and Michael Grove are lingering on the IL.
The Dodgers’ beginning rotation has gained approval from followers.
Echoing a theme: beginning pitchers Clayton Kershaw, Walker Buehler, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Dustin Might, Emmett Sheehan, and Tony Gonsolin are all on the IL proper now, depleting the crew’s depth.
Moreover, followers stated that the uncertainty stemming from a number of accidents has made the beginning rotation inconsistent. One fan commented the beginning rotation is so inconsistent that they didn’t vote as a result of they had been uncertain who the vote was based mostly on.
The Dodgers can reap the benefits of the month remaining earlier than the July 30 commerce deadline to fill the holes left by accidents. White Sox beginning pitcher Garrett Crochet and outfielder Luis Robert Jr. have been reported as commerce targets for Los Angeles. As well as, Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette and Rays outfielder Randy Arozarena have been linked to the Dodgers — if solely through fan sentiment if not precise commerce conversations.
The week’s closing ballot confirmed a good race between Bichette, Crochet, and Arozarena because the followers’ most popular commerce goal.
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