After their early postseason exit against the Padres, there are decisions to make – and the columnist, as usual, is here to help.
It has become an October ritual, and not necessarily a welcome one.and This Space provides helpful advice toward remedying that the following year.
I offered more helpful hints after the 106-win season in 2021 and the NLCS loss to the Atlanta Braves, and the Dodgers won 111 games in 2022. No need to belabor what happened in these playoffs, aside from noting that some Padres supporters seem miffed that their team isn’t getting enough credit for toppling the Dodgers last week.
Will the following thoughts and suggestions be acknowledged, and might they make a difference in 2023 if they are? The crystal ball here is no clearer than anyone else’s, and my actual influence is about what you might expect. But let’s carry on, nevertheless.
He demonstrated between injury list stints that he could pitch at his traditional high level, and he was available and efficient down the stretch and into October. Again, it likely would be a choice between pitching for the Dodgers or his hometown Texas Rangers, but one team contends annually and the other seems far away from winning.finish his career with the only organization he’s ever known, on his way to Cooperstown.
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