“Will the Dodgers’ Season Hang in the Balance? Key Concerns Unfold Amidst Freeman’s Absence!”
Roberts downplayed the severity of Freeman’s current predicament, and there’s a chance Freeman, long one of the game’s more durable figures, stays healthy for the remainder of the season. But given his advanced age, each additional trip to the IL ups the overall level of worry.
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Bad defense
Here lies the most lasting and, potentially, most damning area of concern. On Monday, the Dodgers made two errors in the second inning, leading to a pair of Washington runs. On Wednesday, a miscommunication on a fly ball in the ninth gave the Nationals a window to make a comeback. The sample size on advanced defensive metrics remains small, but in the early going, the Dodgers grade out below average across the board.
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