The Los Angeles Dodgers are throwing a curveball to start out the World Sequence.
On Tuesday, the Dodgers revealed their starter for Sport 1 in opposition to the New York Yankees on Friday. They are going to be giving the ball to righty Jack Flaherty, per Invoice Shaikin of the Los Angeles Instances.
That may be a stunning choice for a few causes. For one, Flaherty pitched extra not too long ago than each Walker Buehler and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, getting the decision in final Friday’s Sport 5 of the NLCS vs. the New York Mets.
For an additional, Buehler and Yamamoto each seemed superb of their most up-to-date begins (in Video games 3 and 4 of the NLCS, respectively) whereas Flaherty was badly knocked round in his (giving up eight earned runs in a mere three innings).
Beginning Flaherty in Sport 1 of the World Sequence could also be a forward-looking choice due to the packed schedule and the necessity for Yamamoto to get at the least 5 days of relaxation in between his begins. However it’s nonetheless a giant danger for the Dodgers with the necessity to get off to an excellent begin and defend their homefield benefit.
If nothing else although, it creates one other attention-grabbing storyline for Sport 1 given the Yankees’ prior historical past with Flaherty.
