The Los Angeles Dodgers are throwing a curveball to start out the World Collection.
On Tuesday, the Dodgers revealed their starter for Recreation 1 in opposition to the New York Yankees on Friday. They are going to be giving the ball to righty Jack Flaherty, per Invoice Shaikin of the Los Angeles Instances.
That may be a shocking choice for a few causes. For one, Flaherty pitched extra lately than each Walker Buehler and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, getting the decision in final Friday’s Recreation 5 of the NLCS vs. the New York Mets.
For an additional, Buehler and Yamamoto each appeared excellent of their most up-to-date begins (in Video games 3 and 4 of the NLCS, respectively) whereas Flaherty was badly knocked round in his (giving up eight earned runs in a mere three innings).
Beginning Flaherty in Recreation 1 of the World Collection could also be a forward-looking choice due to the packed schedule and the necessity for Yamamoto to get not less than 5 days of relaxation in between his begins. However it’s nonetheless an enormous danger for the Dodgers with the necessity to get off to an excellent begin and defend their homefield benefit.
If nothing else although, it creates one other attention-grabbing storyline for Recreation 1 given the Yankees’ prior historical past with Flaherty.
