The Dodgers have reliable hitting depth, hastening postseason exits. Dave Roberts calls stronger hitting against the Diamondbacks and Braves encouraging.
Andrew Friedman isn’t ready to say the Dodgers’ front office was responsible for the team’s early postseason exit. And that’s part of the problem.
Two years ago, in the NLCS against the Braves, Roberts called on no-chancer Steven Souza Jr. to pinch hit in what amounted to the Dodgers’ final gasp. Last year, in the NLDS against the Padres, Roberts turned to .168 hitter Austin Barnes for a critical at-bat in Game 2. The improved depth should provide Roberts with better options late in games.
“It’s easy to just expect Mookie and Freddie [to carry the team],” Roberts said. “But the truth of the matter is that teams are not gonna let those two guys beat them. So the fact is that those other seven guys are gonna have to do their part.” The Dodgers often have four or five platoons, depending on how healthy they are. When they faced Strider in the opening game of a four-game series at Dodger Stadium, Roberts lined up four left-handed-hitting platoon players behind left-handed-hitting cleanup hitter Max Muncy. Roberts said he expected to field a radically different lineup the next day against left-hander Max Fried.
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