The Los Angeles Dodgers might be one of the coldest teams in MLB right now. The team has lost four in a row after falling to the Angels on Wednesday night. The Angels finished the season perfect against their rivals. Meanwhile, LA continues to watch problems creep onto the injured list.
“The Los Angeles Dodgers are placing right-hander Brock Stewart on the injured list with right shoulder inflammation. Stewart has only made four appearances for LA, allowing two runs in 3.2 innings thus far,” SI’s Gabe Smallson wrote.
The Dodgers have been in a terrible slump since returning from the All-Star break. The situation has gotten so bad that even Shohei Ohtani found himself on the wrong side of MLB history Tuesday night.
“According to Baseball Almanac’s tracker of every triple play in MLB history, it marked just the eighth the Angels have ever turned. As for the Dodgers, they have now fallen victim to 24 triple plays. There had never been a triple play in the 152 games between the Dodgers and Angels since the Freeway Series began in 1997,” SI’s Sam Connon wrote.
Freddie Freeman recently voiced his concerns about the NL West lead.
“(Division) won’t be tied if we don’t win games. So that’s kind of our main focus right now. If we worry about outside things –– we gotta worry about inside things right now,” Freeman told the media.
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The Dodgers could soon face a roster decision involving Michael Conforto, who hasn’t been playing well.
“With the one-year anniversary of that release just around the corner, there’s no reason the Dodgers shouldn’t follow their own blueprint and let go of Michael Conforto, a player with less history with the club, worse offensive performance, and who is not Freddie Freeman’s best friend,” Dodgers Way’s Katrina Stebbins wrote.
Conforto hasn’t been clutch at the plate recently. With the Dodgers in the middle of a perfect storm where change is needed, they could legitimately consider designating Conforto for assignment. No matter what decision is made, LA needs to turn around its losing ways before it’s too late.
