A depleted rotation threatens to derail the NL's No. 1 seed. What can the Dodgers expect from their likely starters?
Can Jack Flaherty and the rest of the Dodgers' starting pitchers deliver in October? We break down L.A.'s rotation options. appear to be entering the 2024 MLB playoffs as a potential juggernaut: the best record in baseball, the best run differential, the best offense of any remaining team and stars such as
What can the dominant Dodgers expect to get out of their starters the rest of the way? Can they win a World Series with half of their postseason games started by question marks? Let's take a deeper look by breaking down some of the pitchers who could ultimately decide the Dodgers' postseason fate.back in 2019, Jack Flaherty was excellent -- 196⅓ IP, 2.75 ERA, 4.7 WAR -- even finishing fourth in NL Cy Young voting as a 23-year-old.
While Flaherty has been much better this season than in 2023, there have still been some hiccups along the way -- he had a 6.43 ERA over 14 innings in his final three regular-season starts. The Dodgers can't afford for those to pop up from one of the surest things left in a depleted rotation.Given Buehler's career history of success -- especially in the postseason -- it might surprise you that he is no sure thing for L.A.
A simple way to think about evaluating a pitcher's four-seam fastball is to look at their release height and the IVB . If you assume the pitcher is already throwing the pitch at the top of the strike zone, those two variables relative to league average will tell you what advantage the pitcher is creating with their vertical angle to the plate, which is a shockingly big piece of the pie dictating how good they are, especially if you toss in velocity, too.
Buehler's season is mostly the result of what happens when you go from having an elite fastball to an average one. He has thrown the pitch less and been more tentative with the locations. He has deepened his arsenal to include a sinker, cutter, curve and change more -- now, making those pitch shapes, locations, sequences and tunnels work together is where his advantages will lie.
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