Dodgers’ Flaws Exposed By Phillies, ‘Clearly a Better Team Than We Are Right Now’
The highly-anticipated three-game series between the National League’s top two teams was anything but. The Los Angeles Dodgers were swept on the road by the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday. The series exposed every one of the Dodgers’ flaws.
After losing 5-1 in the series finale, the Dodgers learned how much ground they have to make up if they two meet again in the postseason.
“They’re clearly playing a lot better baseball than we are. They’re clearly a better team than we are right now,” manager Dave Roberts told reporters in Philadelphia. “We really didn’t do much well this series. Starting pitching, defense, we had a mistake tonight on the bases. Situational hitting, getting hits — all that kind of stuff, we were outplayed.”
The Dodgers were held to just five runs and didn’t have a starting pitcher complete five innings in the series, a recurring theme over the past few weeks. They are also dealing with an injured list of 15 players, but Freddie Freeman is not using that as an excuse.
“We didn’t play very good that series,” said Freeman, who went 0-for-10 in the three games, via MLB.com. “There’s nothing to spin it any different way. We didn’t hit. We didn’t do much. As a group, we just have to put it behind us, go to Detroit tomorrow and try to win a series.”
Despite the injuries, the Dodgers have to find a way to finish the first half of the season on a high note. Taking down American League Cy Young favorite Tarik Skubal on Friday might get some momentum back. It will be up to the guys in uniform to get it going through the All-Star Break and beyond.
“I mean, we are injured. We have a lot of guys missing. No one really cares about that — nor does anyone in here,” Freeman said. “This is the group we’ve got. We want to go out there and win every ballgame. We just didn’t play very well this series. We’ve got three games left [before the All-Star break] to try and end on a positive note.”
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Wake up!!! Roberts is no damm good!!! he can’t manage when the chips are down.. never could..never will be able to… Look at his history…want to win the WS.. get rid of Roberts
100%. Been saying this exact thing for a few years now. He’s fine when things are going well, but utterly lost with no ability to make any adjustments when things are not. Unfortunately, this site is filled with Roberts’ fan boys who seem to give him all the credit for regular season success (note the current 4 season record of 100 win seasons for the first time in MLB history), but are unwilling to consider he owns at least part of the blame when they play like they are now…and ibn the playoffs. Owners of 6 playoff losses in a row and 3 – 10 in their last 3 series, back to 2021 NLCS. Against teams LAD finished 18, 22, and 16 games ahead of in the regular season. That’s pathetic.
So when the team is playing well, as they have, and will again, are you going to give Roberts any credit for that?
That’s not and never has been the argument. It’s the exact opposite that’s true. Roberts fan boys give him high praise when they’re playing well yet put 100% of the blame on the players when they lose. Nothing about pathetic decisions that he has a history of making. Yoru comment is just more proof of that kind of nonsense. I believe the manager plays an important role. So, if he gets some of the credit when they play well, he gets some of the blame when they don’t. Don’t attribute your way of thinking to me.
Amen!
Roberts is a front office clown. He does what he is told by them and uses their analytic approach. It works OK in a long regular season. However, in the playoffs we need a manager that has a feel for the game and can make good seat of the pants decisions. And that is not Roberts’ forte.
The blame should be placed on Friedman, Gomes and Roberts, the latter for not raising enough hell to make sure the Friedman and Gomes go out and get a 1-9 quality lineup!! What in the name of progress are we doing with: Lux, E. Hernandez, Barnes, C. Taylor and C. Biggio on the team? The injuries to starting pitchers in MLB these days dictates that there should be a 6-man rotation and increase the bloody roster to 30 to allow for more bench/bullpen bodies!!