MLB Playoffs: Roberts will bench one of his MVP outfielders in J3 vs Padres

The Dodgers manager, Dave Robertshas said that for the game 3 of the Division Series against the Padres, one of their starting outfielders will start the game off the bench.

After the defeat this Wednesday in the second of the NLDS at Dodger Stadium, the boss of the Los Angeles team revealed that Cody Bellinger, will not be owner when the series resumes at Petco Park in San Diego. His place in center field will be taken by Trayce Thompson, while Chris Taylor will defend left field, with Mookie Betts in right field.

One of the reasons Roberts would have decided to take away the 2019 NL MVP job could be the fact that left-hander Blake Snell will be the starting pitcher for the Friars in P3.

Regardless of that situation, the reality is that Bellinger has left a lot to be desired on offense during the playoff round. In six at-bats that he has taken, only he has been able to land one hit, while he has struck out four times.

In the regular role, the Rookie of the Year for the 2017 season, he hit a .210 average, with 19 home runs and 68 RBI. “Belly’s” performance with the bat has gone downhill since the 2020 season, the year he began his debacle with the bat.

Ishmael Hernandez

I am a graduate of the Autonomous University of Guadalajara since 2012, graduated as a Bachelor of Communication Sciences. After having been a radio announcer for a few years in the “Perla Tapatia”, I returned to my hometown, Mazatlán, Sinaloa and was hired by El Debate Newspaper in May 2019. My first months in El Debate were writing articles for the vertical: “My Pocket”, however, in September of the same year I became part of the powerful lineup of “Al Bat”, where I am still working as a web journalist. In “Al Bat”, we truthfully present to our readers the most relevant aspects of the baseball world, mainly from the MLB, winter leagues in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and the Asian continent. I am a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League and the Boston Red Sox in the American League. My big dream is to get to know the Fenway Park stadium, the historic venue of the “Patirrojos”.

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