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It All Starts in September

Andy Pages is OK in CF, but Teo is a below-average RF, and Conforto is a below-average LF’er. As players start to get healthy, I think the Dodgers’ defensive realignment will change, and NO, MOOKIE IS NOT GOING BACK TO RF. SS is the most important defensive position, and Mookie…

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Andy Pages is OK in CF, but Teo is a below-average RF, and Conforto is a below-average LF’er. As players start to get healthy, I think the Dodgers’ defensive realignment will change, and NO, MOOKIE IS NOT GOING BACK TO RF. SS is the most important defensive position, and Mookie is now one of the best. Francisco Lindor has a .977 Fielding Percentage. Mookie is at .984. Lindor has 11 errors while Mookie has 6. You have to be brain-dead to move Mookie to RF. Maybe we do have some walking zombies… Andy Pages is a very good RF’er, and if Tommy Tanks is healthy, he is exceptional in CF. Teoscar is better than Conforto in LF, and with Muncy, Kike, Edman, and Kim die back in September, Conforto’s time is likely up.

Of course, on September 1st, the Dodgers can add a position player and an additional pitcher as the roster increases from 26 to 28. Who could stay and who will go? We all know that the Dodgers have several players who are getting healthy, so let’s take a stab at what the roster will look like as of September 1st.

Position Players

  1. Ohtani
  2. Smith
  3. Rushing
  4. Freeman
  5. Edman
  6. Kim
  7. Betts
  8. Rojas
  9. Muncy
  10. Hernandez, E
  11. Hernandez, T
  12. Pages
  13. Call
  14. Conforto or Freeland

I suppose that depends upon how both of them do in the next two weeks. This is the lineup I hope to see in September:

  1. Ohtani DH
  2. Betts SS
  3. Freeman 1B
  4. Smith C
  5. Muncy 3B
  6. Teoscar LF
  7. Edman CF
  8. Pages RF
  9. Kim 2B

There really is no need for Conforto with this alignment. If he gets hot, then he can be on the team, but if he keeps up the .630 OPS, he’s toast when these guys get back. The pitchers are not as clear, but here’s what I think the staff looks like.

  1. Yamamoto
  2. Snell
  3. Glasnow
  4. Kershaw
  5. Ohtani
  6. Sheehan
  7. Vesia
  8. Kopech
  9. Banda
  10. Dreyer
  11. Miller
  12. Yates
  13. Scott
  14. The last spot might go to Henriquez or Treinen (it’s up for grabs).

Wrobleski, Casparius, and Diaz all draw the short straws. Then, there’s Roki Sasaki, but I have a feeling he will be shut down at some point. The Dodgers have shown they can be laser-focused when they need to, but they can’t do it against the Rockies.

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  1. VengeurAugust 21, 2025

    Not to make excuses, but I really think the altitude affected Shohei tonight, he really seemed to be laboring.

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