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@BlakeHHarris Hey Blake, Listened to show last night and do wonder if Honeywell, would not have been the better choice after Brasier? He has done multiple innings so many times without too many problems. Know you don’t love his stuff.

Things could get scary if the Dodgers head back to LA trailing in the series Game 6 is a bullpen game, so you kinda need all 3 starters to shove in NY Then you have Walker Buehler for Game 7, a day after a bullpen game This is why winning Game 2 was so imperative

@THEREAL_DV Sad but understandable. Any reason why Kershaw can’t get surgery on toe now to remove the bone spur since he is not pitching and surgery not that risky.

Joe Kelly and Clayton Kershaw are not on #Dodgers NLDS Roster.

@lauralara2000 @DodgerBlue1958 We are all frustrated, but Dave is merely putting out the company line and also dealing with a live situation which is subject to change at the last minute!

@DodgerBlue1958 Sick and tired of Dave’s/Dodgers lies.

Dave Roberts on Freddie Freeman possibly not being in the lineup for Game 1: "I talked to him this morning, there was still some soreness. So we're trying to weigh the fact of being in there versus how effective he can be. ... That's why I'm trying to wait as long as I can to see and go through his pre-workout and prep, pregame stuff."

@DodgerInsider I was at the game against Montreal when John, hurt his elbow, little did we know the surgery that would follow-Dr. Jobe was amazing, and John deserves a place in the HOF, for his pitching alone.

50 years ago today, Dr. Frank Jobe performed a surgery on Tommy John that would change baseball forever. On the pioneering procedure: dodgers.mlblogs.com/dr-frank-jobes…

But Chris Russo tomorrow will lead with the Mets and Phills

@baseballmarty Marty, I have great respect for your baseball acumen, but do wonder if what Farhan needs is a strong counter to him in the Front Office. While very smart he has always been a number 2, to Bean in Oakland and Friedman in LA.

Just my opinion as to what may happen..usually when the print media starts getting information that normally would be kept in house that is a sign for me..I’ve always thought an additional talent evaluator is necessary one from the baseball side of the game..let’s see stay tuned

@Howard_Cole So hopefully the next time Flaherty pitches, Miller pitches and Walker tomorrow they will all pitch well?

Yamamoto got hurt immediately after his longest and best outing of the year. Stone struggled immediately after his longest and best outing of the year. Flaherty struggled immediately after his longest and best outing of the year. Knack struggled immediately after the best outing of his career. Coincidence? I think not. #Dodgers

@Howard_Cole Howard, I know Dave Roberts is not your favorite Manager of all time, but you also know that half of the things he says regarding player movement and injuries are scripted by the Front Office

Translation: Dave cannot be trusted with anything resembling injury news. Literally never. And all I’d ask of him is to simply say “I don’t know” if he doesn’t know. And not when he does know.

@juanctoribio Must say it is good news, but still am interested after hearing interview with Dalton Rushing today that they find a way to make use of him.

@JeffPassan So if 6 teams in the majors have 95 wins, with aprox 40 left i say most if not all go over 500. That to me doesn’t make all of mlb mediocre,

This is shaping up to be the weirdest baseball season in a decade. With six weeks left, here are the dozen best records in MLB: Phillies: 73-51 Dodgers: 73-52 Orioles: 73-52 Yankees: 73-52 Guardians: 72-52 Brewers: 72-52 Twins: 70-54 Padres: 70-55 Royals: 69-55 D-backs: 69-56 Astros: 67-56 Braves: 66-58 And the best run differentials: Yankees: +116 Royals: +109 Brewers: +106 Phillies: +102 Dodgers: +101 Orioles: +90 Guardians: +78 Astros: +70 Diamondbacks: +70 Padres: +70 Twins: +70 Braves: +50 The best team in MLB is on pace for 95 wins. The last year without a 100-win team was 2014. Similarly, the last time the top run differential in baseball was less than +231 was ... 2014. It's barely half that at the moment. All of which is to say: A year after a 90-win wild card team faced an 86-win wild card team in the World Series, the 2024 championship looks as up for grabs as it's been in a long time.

@mike_petriello Hey Mike any ideas on why Bobby Miller has lost his command on off speed pitches

Every single number says Clay Holmes is pitching as well as he has the last few years, when he's been elite and yet every time I look up, it feels like a late lead has gone south.

@JohnSheaHey Great column as usual John, but it should not be forgotten what Giant ownership did to prevent A’s from staying in the area

A’s were the better team. Scoreboard: A’s 4,597-4,364, .513 winning percentage Giants 4,569-4,398, .510 (since 1968) A’s won 4 World Series, 17 divisions, 21 playoff appearances Giants 3, 9, 13 A’s edge in interleague 75-71, Bay Bridge exhibitions 51-45-2, World Series 4-0

@melissalockard Hi Melissa have always liked your stuff, but think that there are a number of very good teams with stars, will make the playoffs entertaining…Baltimore’s young starts, Cleveland doing amazing stuff, Yankees-Judge and Soto, Dodgers & Phillies, Pads and D-backs

@ChadMoriyama I think they should have tried to keep Honeywell longer, but it was/is the 40 man spot they wanted

I guess Treinen is returning, but he's about as good a multi-inning guy as they're gonna get, which they have desperately needed all year.

@BlakeHHarris Hi Blake good show tonight, nobody disputes Miller’s talent, but nobody right now understands why he can’t command his off speed stuff.

The crazy thing about Bobby Miller's awful season is he literally had the best start of his entire life to begin the 2024 campaign

@Howard_Cole Why is it on AF, Miller has great stuff, but no command and his sequencing sucks right now.

Explain this to me. How can AF be so smart with guys like Kopech and so, uh, unsmart with the likes of Bobby Miller?

@MarkPriorRBW Sadly I remember it, Mattingly was old school, but he should have had someone warming up

Here's a Story about Kershaw's playoff legacy, and just one year of why it's not all what it seems. Don Mattingly destroyed Kershaw's legacy during his prime, what an awful manager. 2014 NLDS G1: Kershaw is through 6 innings 2 ER, (he gave up 1 in the 6th), but they're winning 6-2. He sends Kershaw back out for the 7th at 82 pitches no one warming, he gives up 3 straight singles, still no one warming, then gives up another single, bases still loaded no one out now 6-3 (STILL NO ONE WARMING). Kershaw then gets a K, but its bases loaded 1 out 6-3 and he's at 96 pitches. Next guy hits ANOTHER single, it's now 6-4. Now at 100 pitches (STILL NO ONE WARMING) Next guy Carpenter WHO HIT A HR OFF HIM LAST INNING. He fouls off 6 pitches and then hits a bases-clearing double on Kershaw's 110th pitch. it's now 6-7. Don then pulls him, Pedro Baez immediately gives up a HR, and Kershaw is charged for 6.2 IP, 8 ER 8 H's 10 K's 0 BB... He had 6 IP 2 ER 2 H's 8 K's 0 BB coming into the inning. No one was warming up til he was over 100 pitches.

@Howard_Cole The Kiermaier acquisition is not weird. He is high priced insurance. Jayson Hayward has had back issues this year. Pages can hit at times, but do you want him to play cf, in a tight playoff game in the 7th inning.?

As I said. My guess is Treinen has a minor injury, the kind he’d pitch with in October. The rest will do him good. #LoadManagement. #Dodgers

@BlakeHHarris If he passes through waivers can Dodgers sign him to a minor league deal?

Dodgers DFA'd Cavan Biggio to activate Freddie Freeman Biggio had a 112 wRC+ over his last 11 games

@Howard_Cole Exactly

If the Dodgers stick to the plan to activate Miguel Rojas tomorrow, I think they’ll keep Ahmed till Mookie returns, and option Outman. Probably want to ease Miggy back in a bit.