Some reliable starting pitching could help stoke some postseason hope for the Dodgers.
, Roberts found himself issuing an obligatory caveat Sunday: “It takes two teams to make a deal happen.”
After all, the Dodgers – now 59-45 after losing five of their past seven games – have the third-best OPS in baseball . That’s because Freeman is hitting .329 with a .984 OPS and Betts has a .943 OPS and 27 home runs; because Smith has a .862 OPS and J.D. Martinez has an .872 OPS and 25 home runs.22nd-worst ERA .
The calvary wasn’t available: Betts got another game off to rest his sore right ankle, and Martinez was pulled before his first at-bat, with what Roberts described as an unknown injury affecting his groin area, back and hips. Then Smith went out after his left elbow was hit by a pitch in the first inning.
Smith said after the game that he expects to feel well enough to play in the Dodgers’ next game Tuesday, just hours after the 3 p.m. PT trade deadline. He also tried to be diplomatic when he was asked about that: “Help is always good, I guess?” he said. “Our starters are better than what they’ve probably shown, I guess?”
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