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The Dodgers will win a lot of games. I thought they had game 1 with Colt Keith at the plate. 3-0 count with 2 runners on. I was all for giving him the green light in that situation. Whether, he had it and didn’t swing or had the take sign we will never know but Trienen played the crafty veteran role on him. 2-seamer in that he could have crushed followed by a cutter in the same area but in on the hands for a pop out to end it. Savvy move there.

In game 2 you knew Yamamoto was going to get his strikeouts. I was very happy that the Tigers were patient at the plate and ran that pitch count up to get to the pen. Really liked how Dingler recognized a mistake splitter and smashed it. Torres hit a pitch off the plate but had enough muscle to push it out. That is what you have to do against an ace level pitcher like Yamamoto. The ending was weird but that is baseball sometimes. Tigers are going to get Sasaki today I think. If so they need the same type of approach where you lay off that splitter as much as possible.

In all, I have liked the approaches at the plate, I have liked the base running actually and even though they may get swept out of LA, which is just a brutal opening series for them, there are positives going forward.