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What is a billion dollars worth? Two runs in game five from your offense? Two losses from your two aces? One postseason series win in three straight playoff appearances? Re-runs of 1988 in the off-season?
I’m not sure anymore.
The front office in Los Angeles decided last off-season to build a strong defensive metrics line-up to compliment their top flight pitching. Their pitching battled some injuries behind the big two, their offense got no-hit a couple of times, and in the playoffs they came up flat. The Dodgers just couldn’t hit enough. Inserting Seager at shortstop and getting back Kendricks didn’t help them much at all, and not getting Puig going left them without that dangerous bat they needed. The Dodgers struggled more than a bit with putting runs on the board, and their defense was no help when they would fall behind. They struggled with first tier pitching all season, and it did them in.
Don Mattingly certainly was an issue, making several questionable post-season moves. Kershaw and Greinke going 2-2 in the series was surprising too. Either way, the end result had more to do with an offense that got no-hit twice in August, and just couldn’t get runs in during October. It’ll be a long Winter in LA.
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