Most teams struggle against good pitching…because the pitchers are good. We also had a stretch coming out of the break where they won games started by Ray, Webb, Fried and Rodon.
Rose was banned after his playing days were over. He wasn't making the league any money at the time. Ohtani is a face of baseball and is bringing in all kinds of revenue for both the Dodgers and the league.
I wonder if Manoah's pitch count got elevated by lots of foul balls? He had that issue after his near Cy season where he would get to two strikes early but then the lack of a true putaway pitch would run up the count until he was tired and a mistake was made.
The Jays depth comes into play in game too as they can play matchups and platoons with all of their end of the bench guys and usually do so without burning multiple guys since they can shift people all over the diamond.
Interesting that his last game he came in relief too (still 89 pitches so not a full on relief appearance). It makes you wonder what they might be considering in September?
First to come to mind for me was Doc...it's so sad we never got to see team success with him around. Carter was my favourite as a kid I would say. He's got two iconic moments ending the two World Series victories.
It's also hard not to include Delgado or Bautista
The one I get excited about is that they are 38-25 against teams > .500 . They are winning against the good teams at a better rate than anyone else in the league. Brewers are next closest at 35-24
I could be wrong on this but I get the impression Manoah could disrupt the clubhouse if he is with the team and feeling like he isn’t getting his due even if he is struggling as a starter. The team might just want to avoid that.