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In what has, arguably, been the most trying season for the Dodgers since 2018 — which is really saying something considering that team won 92 games and the White Sox lost 121 this season — Los Angeles finished with the best record in baseball at 98-64, good enough for the best record in baseball … somehow.
Thank you, Shohei Ohtani.
Speaking of the GOAT, he finished the regular season by going 1-for-4, falling short of his bid for the NL Triple Crown thanks to singles-hitter Luis Arraez not playing the final two games of the season. (Insert Ron Burgandy GIF here). He also swiped his 59th bag of the season to cap off his MVP campaign.
Chris Taylor‘s 8th-inning solo home run on Victor Vodnik — who’s surely the real name of a Marvel supervillan — gave the Dodgers a 1-run lead.
Landon Knack — the potential No. 3 starter for the Dodgers in the postseason (yikes) — pitched four innings of 1-run ball after Anthony Banda opened the game with a scoreless frame. Alex Vesia, Evan Phillips (win) and Michael Kopech all threw scoreless innings before handing the ball over to Edgardo Henriquez for his first save opportunity. Despite a walk, the young fireballer struck out two and secured the save.
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The Dodgers get a bye until Friday, when they’ll host either the Braves, Brewers, Diamondbacks, Mets or Padres because there’s some chaos tomorrow and the actual start of the postseason. Until then, we’ll see how the postseason roster shakes out. The biggest question mark outside the starting rotation is Freddie Freeman‘s status. It doesn’t seem like he’s going to be ready to go, but stranger things have happened.
Now, the real “fun” begins.
