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De León (R)
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Perdomo (R)
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When Jose De Leon takes the mound today, it’ll be the 68th start by a Dodgers rookie this year. Both Julio Urías and Kenta Maeda are slated to start this week, meaning that 70 of the Dodgers’ 162 games this season (43.2%) will have been started by a rookie pitcher.
De León has made three starts for the Dodgers this September, with each one being progressively worse than the one before it (an unfortunate trend, albeit not one worth worrying about). This is his second time facing San Diego. De León made his major league debut against the Padres on September 4, when he allowed four runs (three earned) in six innings while striking out nine en route to a Dodgers victory. De León has allowed a total of 12 runs (nine earned) in 14.2 IP. Four of the fifteen hits he’s surrendered have been home runs.
This could very well be a postseason audition for De León, who has a shot at the NLDS roster, although odds of both him and Urías making the cut are “slim,” per Doug Padilla.
The Padres have a rookie on the mound as well. Luis Perdomo began the year in the bullpen for San Diego. He made his major league debut on Opening Day against the Dodgers, completing just one inning and allowing six runs on six hits and two walks. He’s since made 19 starts, including two against the Dodgers (both of which the Padres lost). Perdomo has a 5.59 ERA (4.62 FIP) and 1.59 WHIP in 141.2 innings pitched. His K rate of 16.1% is seventh-worst in baseball amongst pitchers with minimum 140 IP.
The Nationals won yesterday, putting them two games up on the Dodgers for home-field advantage in the NLDS. At time of posting, they are trailing the Diamondbacks by three runs with heading to the sixth inning. As Dustin argued this morning, the Dodgers should be concerned with staying healthy in the final week of the season more so than with home field advantage. Nonetheless, we’ll continue to keep an eye on how the Nats do, if only for scheduling purposes.
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In other news, the Bud Norris era in Los Angeles is officially over:
Dodgers released pitcher Bud Norris.
— Ken Gurnick (@kengurnick) September 28, 2016
And, see you in 2017, Hyun-Jin Ryu … maybe:
[table id=5 /]Ryu, who has made 1 start total in 2015-2016, is expected to be ready for the 2017 season. We'll see
— Eric Stephen (@ericstephen) September 29, 2016
