Whether the Dodgers can be as good as they were before injuries hit Mookie Betts and Yoshinobu Yamamoto last weekend against Kansas City, only time will tell.
Amid the doom of dire injury updates, and gloom of two star players being sidelined the foreseeable future, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts dropped in a dash of optimism Sunday afternoon. “We’ll be fine,” Roberts insisted, even as he announced Mookie Betts had a fractured hand and Yoshinobu Yamamoto had a strained rotator cuff. “We have really good players.” That much is true.
That group, however, is more fraught with questions. Paxton’s command has been frustratingly inconsistent, with 32 walks in less than 60 innings. Buehler has struggled in his return from a second Tommy John surgery, giving up fewer than three runs only once. Kershaw is coming back from his first career surgery at age 36. With time, maybe one of them will round into form. Perhaps someone else will emerge as a surprise weapon. In the meantime, though, the Dodgers’ list of legitimate No.
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