In 2021, Scherzer made 11 regular-season starts as a Dodger after being acquired at the July 30 trade deadline. And that’s where no one’s to blame, no one’s at fault, it’s just you learn from this. I’ve never had that variable taken into consideration and so, like I said, I bear more brunt of that because of me having those discussions with Dave about that, about how I can be used in the postseason and coming up short on that, on my end, of saying I can do something and then it didn’t happen. “We never took that variable into consideration.
So when I went into that postseason, I came from a lower work capacity to when I tried to do what I did in 2019 that that was just too big of a jump. And only throwing 90 to 100 pitches, in my head that actually lowered my work capacity of what I was actually able to do on a day-to-day basis. And for me, that was … the most I had ever pitched on the sixth-day rotation. Giving us extra rest more often than not.
“When I think about the 2021 run - and this is the point I was trying to make at the press conference - was that, and rightfully so, the Dodgers did the right thing protecting Walker and Julio and pitching us on the sixth day. Re-signing Clayton Kershaw and trading for an established starter could be the Dodgers’ first moves post-lockout. From the wild-card start - and this is 2019 - from the wild-card start to the relief appearance then two days later making a start against the Dodgers, throwing 110 pitches in that start and then continuing to start Game 2 against the Cardinals.ĭodgers News Analysis: Dodgers must address their thin starting rotation when the lockout ends For me, there was a four-start run there. “I was pitching the wild-card and getting into the division series, making a relief appearance, and then pitching in the NLCS as well. “For me, looking at how the postseason was unfolding, it looks eerily similar to what the 2019 run was for me,” Scherzer said. Louis Cardinals - he labored through 4 1/3 innings - and told the manager he could be used out of the bullpen if needed, drawing confidence from his experience in 2019 when he helped the Washington Nationals win the World Series. He said he spoke with Roberts after his wild-card game start against the St. Scherzer, 37, explained that he had conversations with manager Dave Roberts and others about his usage for the postseason.
“Maybe I didn’t make myself clear enough in what I was actually talking about.” “I don’t blame the Dodgers,” Scherzer said. Scherzer wanted to make one thing clear in a recent telephone interview with The Times: He wasn’t scapegoating the Dodgers.
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