The Dodgers don’t play again until Monday evening, so we have some time to wait, like seeing who wins between the Brewers and Cubs on Saturday night (5:08 p.m. PT, TBS) to determine the NLCS opponent. Or, we could peruse a few other baseball stories.
More on Roki Sasaki in the short term from Mirjam Swanson at the Orange County Register: “With this unflappable version of Sasaki in the bullpen, the Dodgers have found their closer for at least the rest of the postseason, the missing piece as they strive to become the first team in 24 years to win consecutive World Series titles.”
On Sasaki in the longer term, Dylan Hernández at the Los Angeles Times says the 23-year-old right-hander is showing why he’ll be the ace of the Dodgers rotation in the future, while also providing insight into Sas