Dodgers vs Brewers (WC series)

Position by position breakdown:
https://www.mlb.com/news/2020-nl-wild-card-brewers-dodgers-position-breakdown

Dodgers vs. Brewers “FAQ”:
https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-vs-brewers-nl-wild-card-2020-game-1-faq

Full playoff previews/predictions:
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id...eview-everything-need-know-16-team-postseason

https://t.co/7gVLD269pZ

https://www.si.com/mlb/2020/09/28/world-series-predictions-baseball-playoffs


I’ll continue to update this post and thread with more pre-series reading as I find it, as well as any roster news.

 

have a feeling pollock, taylor and turner will do well this series against their lefties

 

If they do try to exploit our lefty weakness, I do think this year it’s easier than previous years because the only player that we’d start against lefties but not righties is Enrique and only player who maybe starts against righties but you don’t want against lefties is Joc (maybe Edwin?). Everyone else starts against both. Although I wonder how they feel about Muncy versus lefties right now, I don’t think they have a good enough righty to offset it

I could see them starting Enrique since you want him against all their lefties, including Hader, and the defense is much better with him at 2B, Taylor in LF, and Pollock at DH

or maybe they roll the dice with Rios and insert Enrique into a specific at bat

 

brewers saying he’s day-to-day
dodged a bullet there

 

So last year's postseason ended with me beyond disgusted with Seager and Pollock. Hopefully both will exorcise whatever demons they have from that series. It's great that Pollock is on a hot streak - would love to see that carry over. Surprising to calculate that his HR total projects to 43. Seager has had an MVP caliber season, yet was 0 for this last series. Need him to reset and get his hot bat back. Belinger and Muncy had terrible seasons but have shown some signs of life - is it for real? Time will tell. Hopefully JT is healthy enough to play every game, and we need CT in the lineup as much as possible. Smith is a definite advantage for us at the catcher position, and I have renewed faith in Barnes for when he catches. Mookie is Mookie and hopefully his professionalism and playoff experience will prove valuable as a calming presence in the dugout, especially since this team is prone to slump during money time. Rios is someone who can get the big hit when we need it. Kike and Joc - well, let's just say the less they play, the better as far as I'm concerned. Joc did get a couple hits this past week which gives me a glimmer of hope that he can find that postseason success again, but after the season he's had, there's no room for experimenting.

 

My game 1 lineup would be:
Mookie, Seager, Turner (DH), Muncy (1B), Smith, Cody (CF), Taylor (2B), Edwin (3B), Pollock (LF)

You DH Turner so you can rest his legs a bit when you need his bat all 3 games. I think a 7-9 of Taylor/Edwin/Pollock is the best against whatever the Brewers throw out there. If they wanna try and put a lefty, Taylor/Pollock will crush them and Edwin can handle it. I like Edwin’s power down in the order to kill a mistake. I think Joc struggles against lefties too much, and Enrique too much against righties, to feel good about starting them in essentially a bullpen game

the worst part of that lineup is the defense with Muncy/Rios at the corners but with Buehler’s fly ball and K’s, it’s not as important. And then you can put in Enrique for defense late in game or to face Hader or even Joc against a tough righty reliever for Pollock

 

Pretty terrifying that we face back to back starters with 0.00 ERAs. Can't catch a fucking break.

 

Kill me now