NOW it’s starting to feel like October! Fall is in the air, pumpkin spice lattes are back, and the Dodgers are going with an opener unnecessarily.
Well, mostly unnecessarily.
Following Wednesday night’s win over the Padres, Dave Roberts revealed the club’s intention to run Brusdar Graterol out to start the regular season finale in San Diego on Thursday evening.
When you sound it out, the move makes sense. Dave has preached throwing pitchers in “certain lanes” more often as the season winds down. And, really, any lane where the homer-prone Andrew Heaney can miss a playoff team’s 1-2-3 hitters at least one time is a good lane.