Trea Turner is back in the Dodgers lineup for tonight’s critical Game 4 of the NLDS, even though Turner suffered a Grade 2 sprain in his right ring finger in yesterday’s game, manager Dave Roberts told reporters (including Jorge Castillo of the Los Angeles Times). Turner felt good enough in pregame warmups to play, and play in the field at shortstop, turning down Roberts’ option of only acting as the designated hitter. X-rays were negative on Turner’s finger, and though Roberts said Turner “might take a day” with such an injury if it had happened in regular-season play, it wasn’t anything that would land a player on the injured list.
The Dodgers can hardly afford to lose such a key regular as they face elimination, down 2-1 to the Padres in the series. Turner has also been one of Los Angeles’ hottest bats in the series, with two homers and a 1.154 OPS over his 13 plate appearances. After singling in the eighth inning of Game 3, Turner hurt his finger while diving back to first base on a pickoff attempt.
More from around baseball…
- General manager Michael Girsch is one of several members of the Cardinals front office whose contracts are up now that the season is over, and president of baseball operations John Mozeliak told reporters (including Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch) that he is hopeful of retaining all the staffers. Girsch is the most prominent name, working in the organization since 2006 and acting in the GM role since June 2017, when Mozeliak was also promoted from GM to the PBO position. Girsch’s history in the organization and the Cardinals’ track record of recent success would seemingly make it likely that he remains on a new contract, though that same organizational success could also naturally make Girsch or other front office members attractive to other clubs looking to make hires.
- The Guardians outrighted Bryan Shaw off their 40-man roster at the end of the season, and he accepted the assignment rather than opt for free agency. In somewhat unusual fashion, Shaw has also remained with the Guards throughout their postseason run, acting as taxi squad depth and continuing his season-long role as a mentor to Cleveland’s young pitchers. “There’s no point in going home and just sitting there. I would rather stay here with these guys, root everyone on, and be here for moral support,” Shaw told Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. A veteran of 12 Major League seasons, Shaw had limited success on the field this year, posting a 5.40 ERA over 58 1/3 innings out of the Guardians’ bullpen.
Turner’s last game as a Dodger is tonight….hopefully. #BEATLA
Think again! #BEATSD
Your hashtag is useless. The Dodgers have dominated the Padres the last decade. But of course, baseball. Padres beating the Dodgers in the biggest series of their season…thats baseball.
#uselesshashtag
Playoff crapshoot
When was the last time the NLCS was this boring? Phils vs Padres??? Zzzzzz. I’m glad the Dodgers are done though!
That Hader/Freeman matchup though…you would have thought they match each other again in the DS but both with different teams.
Been telling y’all LA was overrated all year. Here we are…choking is in their DNA.
San Diego won! Hell yes
Good. Someone else can pay him 300 million to not even make productive outs in October
A bit harsh. Turner has been more than solid last year and a half. I just don’t think he’s going to be worth his contract especially the back end of it if it’s a long-term deal.
Problem too is that Lux is not the answer. He’s a fraction of the player Turner is. Do the Dodgers hand the keys to Lux knowing that the production at SS is going to fall off the face of the universe or try to sign a cheaper free agent at SS?
If you want to be fair Betts had a worse series. Smith outside of one game also disappeared. Lots of blame to go around.
Seems like a good time to reset a little. Find good productive cheaper options. A lot of holes all of a sudden in the Dodger roster. I’d rather not spend a lot of money on a single player or two. Dodgers may not have a lot of ready now prospects but hopefully in 2 years or so.
Their window is basically closed. Betts is frail, Freeman aging fast, Muncy needs TJ, Kershaw’s a fossil, J Turner’s a corpse, Lux is brainless, & their young prospects look mediocre at best. It’s glorious!
They won a franchise high 111 games. The playoffs are a crapshoot. 2 of the 4 top teams have been eliminated with the Yankees hanging on by a thread. Even Houston could’ve easily lost all 3 of those games. Stop acting like the dodgers aren’t an elite team
I lol’ed at the comment about the Cardinals “recent success” That success is down significantly from the 25 years preceding it, just sayin
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Do you even know baseball? The Cardinals have been to 4 WS, won 2 of them and haven’t had a losing record since 2007. Been to playoffs 16 of the last 25 years. Only the Yankees have more wins in that timespan
Who are you talking to?
You. Your comment makes no sense. The Cards haven’t had any recent success? Not like they’re not making the playoffs or finishing in last place. That success is basically the same.
Where did I say they have had NO success? You’re attributing me things I didn’t say. I said I laughed at the idea that the Cardinals have had this special run of success recently. They have not.
The Cardinals have only played in one NLCS since 2014. That is significantly down from the start of the century pace
How is that significantly down? MLB keeps adding more playoff teams which makes it more difficult to reach the later rounds year after year
Cards fan here. As far as relative success is concerned, mattm is right. Cards fans want to be competitive in the playoffs. But look at the playoff wins in the first half of Mo’s tenure, and then in the second half.
And who is it, exactly, that has more World Series wins in that time? Oh yeah, Boston!
And a lot more last place finishes as well
The “recent success” has been limited to making the post season and losing epically to someone. The only post season series win the Cardinals have had in the past 8 years since Travis Ishikawa walked off game 5 of the NLCS in 2014 was against the Braves in the 2019 NLDS a series that went 5 games and could have gone either way in a few of the games. Not a very good track record of recent success as far as winning goes in the post season. They can win in the regular season, credit to them for that… but that’s about it.
Class guy that Shaw , lots of respect.
Rooting with him. Go Guards!
I wonder if he is working on his next career as a pitching coach. He has been around some great pitchers and coaches, and having been a pretty great pitcher in Cleveland until he got that Rockies contract.
Lol time for cardinals to hire luhnow as gm, but actually not something I want to happen.
I’d be estatic with Luhnow as the GM. I really think he was the fall guy in the Astros scandal. Think there was alot more to that than met the eye? Everyone was to busy arguing over “a piece of metal” (-Rob Manfred) who squarely placed that blame on Luhnow and exempted the players who were largely guilty….
I bet the Yankees and Dodgers wish they had those 2 washed up closers on the roster today…..
Arrogance can be ignorance, they didn’t need them, there fanbases were happy with an early exit
I’m happy for Bob Melvin, who finally got to manage for an owner who cares deeply about winning, after years of toiling in futility for that cheapskate billionaire in Oakland. If Bob gets his fourth MOY award it’ll be well deserved.
And he did more with less. How some of those A’s team made the playoffs is amazing. He should have gotten manager of the year for doing that. People were calling the the AAAA’s. We’ll the AAAA’s made the friggin’ playoffs
Dave Robert’s needs to go. His decision making is atrocious. Dodgers fans keep defending him even after they only have one * WS to show for all these “dominant” years of winning the division. Keep bragging about that. No one talks about the best division winning teams.
A-Rod is a disgraced athlete but not an ignorant one, and he appears to have been vindicated in his repeated contention that Roberts’ penchant for pulling starting pitchers and going early to the bullpen was a prescription for failure.
Turner to the Giants. Just hopeful it’s not a 300 mill contract. They shouldn’t reach over 6 years on a contract in my opinion. But what do I know?
Congrats to Phillie and Padre fans, have fun next round
Rooting for Harper to get a ring he so deserved in Wash
Didn’t like Bryce his first couple years in the league but he’s become one of my favorite players nowadays, really matured and tough as nails
Exactly my feeling , become a huge Harper fan , he’s a gamer , tough as nails , great teammate, not a greedy athlete either imo , talent off the charts of course.
Any team would be way better off with Turner. He deserves and will be paid accordingly. Come on up to San Francisco!
there is only one gm in st louis. his name is mozeliak. girsch is gm in name only