This puts the emphasis on instant offense and of course home runs. Makes most of few opportunities you get Also who can get on base more to make most of home runs 13 of 17 runs in Dodgers-Braves series have come via homer Difference in series is 7-2 dodgers advantage on HRs

AH HELL YEAH

If Acuna is starting at DH, that means Baldwin has to catch, which means Murphy doesn’t start And not only is that taking away one of your playoff bats, it takes away Murphy catching Tyler Mahle, and that chemistry has been a big reason for Mahle’s success with Braves

Dodgers have outscored the Braves 10-7 in this series Dodgers have out homered Braves 7-2 All Dodgers runs have been been home runs

The difference tonight was lineup quality Dodgers made Sale work early, then teed off Braves could not get big hit off Yamamoto Dodgers now 7-2 HR advantage in series Stars or Power must show up tmrw to support Mahle or season is done

If I’m correct, With Chris Sale (2018) and Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2025), 2 pitchers who produced the final out to win a World Series will be opposing starters in a playoff game. Last time that happened? 2021 NLCS Game 3 ATL vs LAD Charlie Morton (2018) vs Walker Buehler (2024)

Now combine this offensive quality due to ball movement and shot selection with the attempts advantage that will come with the rebounding impact of Coward/Boozer/Edey It becomes much easier to make above average offensive production consistent and limit droughts

Who is the Braves best hitter vs Yamamoto? Ha Seong Kim 3 of 8 with a homer Braves don’t seem to trust Murphy vs RHP, Plus Baldwin chemistry with Sale So do you start Kim at SS or Tellez at DH Gut says Baldwin C Yaz LF Dubon SS Tellez DH

He’s Tarik Skubal and they would actually be facing elimination on the road on the initial series and World Series favorites They would feature their best arm, which is him

So at the beginning of the series Skubal Snell Yamamoto Was announced as first 3 starters for Dodgers Know Glasnow is assumed for G4, but if Dodgers lose tmrw, good chance Braves will face Skubal on Wednesday

Ray Kerr and Didier Fuentes masterclass, another big game from Michael Harris, a Chris Sale plan that worked out perfectly, and a chance to eliminate the Dodgers New show dropped at like 1:30am last night. We do it for the people

The Braves split the NLDS in LA and now head home to try and win it behind Chris Sale and Tyler Mahle 👀 New podcast out now recapping an incredible bullpen performance in LA (with @BTRowland + @scottcoleman55)

And shout out to the game Drake Baldwin just caught. Working with all those arms, a bunch of ABS challenges on top of that. Just key.

Last night was the 120th time a playoff game has been played at Dodger Stadium. It was the first time the Dodgers lost a playoff game at Dodger stadium in which they out homered their opponent by 2 or more home runs.

On a night where a lot when well and right, the defense of Drake Baldwin also shined. Great Pitch Calling Keeping the ball in front of him on the strikeouts Excellent ABS challenge on Freeman K In a close game where every run was critical, he excelled

Here’s your fun stat for Game 3: In 2024: Yoshinobu Yamamoto joined the Dodgers Chris Sale joined the Braves Since 2024: Yamamoto has best road ERA (1.99) in MLB (min. 200 inn) Sale has 2nd best home ERA (2.20) in MLB Hopefully Round 2 goes to Sale like Round 1

Didier Fuentes (21 years, 109 days) is the youngest pitcher to have a postseason relief outing of 3+ IP with no more than 1 hit allowed since Francisco Rodriguez in Game 2 of the 2002 World Series (20 years, 286 days).