also from what I've gathered, Urias is recovering from major shoulder surgery, and can't go back-to-back days right now.
very talented kid, but that is a killer limitation in a postseason series. he was not on the roster for the NLDS, put on for LCS. not sure about that move from the Dodgers.
EDIT: I guess he was in for games 1 & 2, maybe for a batter in one of them. regardless he can't exactly get Eovaldi'd right now.
in the end, besides letting us see Madson in two favorable PH situations, I think Roberts was fine. we just torch shit bullpens, the Dodgers are the ones who assembled this crap. Ryu can't go in relief apparently, that's their loss of flexibility.
With Baez unavailable I would have left a lefty in against Vaz and force the worse hitter to come through, then we have to PH lefty-on-lefty or a bad side of a switch-hitting catcher. but it's clear none of their lefties besides Urias are scary at all.
very talented kid, but that is a killer limitation in a postseason series. he was not on the roster for the NLDS, put on for LCS. not sure about that move from the Dodgers.
EDIT: I guess he was in for games 1 & 2, maybe for a batter in one of them. regardless he can't exactly get Eovaldi'd right now.
in the end, besides letting us see Madson in two favorable PH situations, I think Roberts was fine. we just torch shit bullpens, the Dodgers are the ones who assembled this crap. Ryu can't go in relief apparently, that's their loss of flexibility.
With Baez unavailable I would have left a lefty in against Vaz and force the worse hitter to come through, then we have to PH lefty-on-lefty or a bad side of a switch-hitting catcher. but it's clear none of their lefties besides Urias are scary at all.