If the Dodgers are going to win the World Series, they'll need to do it with a pitching plan that will rely on bulk relievers and piggyback outings.
Eighteen outs. It’s a magic number, a mathematical dilemma and almost certainly the Dodgers’ biggest obstacle this October. For a team that is short on pitching, lacking a clear playoff rotation and facing an uncertain road to another World Series bid, no task will be as important this postseason as navigating the first six innings of every game — getting an all-important 18 opening outs.
“We're gonna use all of our assets, our arms to win the first two games and see how we come out.' It would help, obviously, if either Kershaw or Bobby Miller could go deep in their outings, providing the kind of workhorse effort that most teams require this time of year. But Friedman downplayed such outings as absolute necessities — especially since the NLDS will feature an atypical off day between Games 1 and 2. “I think those off days are an advantage,” Friedman said.
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