Emmet Sheehan dazzled on the mound against the San Francisco Giants, twirling seven shutout innings while allowing just one hit and striking out 10. Once he exited, the Dodgers faced an all too familiar problem with their bullpen losing grasp of the lead and eventually handing the victory to the opposing team. Blake Treinen was […]
Emmet Sheehan dazzled on the mound against the San Francisco Giants, twirling seven shutout innings while allowing just one hit and striking out 10. Once he exited, the Dodgers faced an all too familiar problem with their bullpen losing grasp of the lead and eventually handing the victory to the opposing team.
Blake Treinen was the latest culprit of the Dodgers bullpen issues, as he continues to mire in a horrific month of September. His ERA has inflated to a 5.55 clip after beginning the month at 3.00, and he has been handed a loss in five of his nine September appearances.
His confidence, as Dave Roberts noted after Sunday’s loss, might play a factor into Treinen’s struggles this month, and he still has optimism in Treinen turning things around, per Kevin Baxter of the Los Angeles Times.
“I’ve got to trust what I’m seeing, and not solely bet on the person or track record,” Roberts said of Treinen, who is 0-5 with a 11.57 ERA in seven innings this month. “We all need to see a couple good outings but most importantly, I want to see his confidence up. And to be quite honest, I think that right now he’s just not as confident in himself as I am in him.”
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Roki Sasaki will make his return on Wednesday against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Mike DiGiovanna of the Orange County Register reports that Sasaki’s role for the postseason will come out of the bullpen, but his final stretch in the regular season will prove if he will be used for single inning appearances or long relief outings.
“The first thing is you have to see how he responds to something he’s never done,” Roberts said, “Looking at the Thursday-Sunday, two days in between, it’s probably one-inning bursts. But if it does happen, the postseason is very unpredictable.”
Clayton Kershaw had one last message for Dodgers fans prior to Sunday’s game, writes Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic.
“Thank you guys so much,” Kershaw said, getting the speaking duties as he heads toward retirement. “Thank you for everything. And remember, we’ve got another month left. We’ll see you at the end of October.”
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