This year’s team may be the best edition yet of the Dodgers 'dragon up the freeway,” WillLaws says. Here's how the Padres may have a shot at ending L.A.'s historic season
’s season-long struggles have relegated him to bulk man duties). While with the Rays, Snell was famously pulled from a start against the Dodgers—as part of Tampa Bay’s strategy to minimize his time facing opposing hitters for a third time—in the decisive Game 6 of the 2020 World Series, despite shutting out Los Angeles with nine strikeouts through 5⅓ innings. The Rays went on to blow their 1–0 lead just two batters after Snell’s reluctant exit, and a narrative was born.
Snell is not afraid to waste pitches trying to get hitters to chase while ahead in the count, so he’s probably never going to be seen as the modern version of a workhorse . He’s yet to see the sixth inning in any of his three outings against the Dodgers this season and has done so just three times in 11 career starts against them, including the postseason .
The Dodgers are MLB’s best hitting team against right-handed pitchers , so it’s crucial for San Diego to take advantage of Snell’s time on the mound. He’ll likely take the bump for Game 3 on an extra day of rest at the beginning of what could be a stretch of three games in three days, if the series goes the distance.
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