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Dodge Giants Preview: Yamamoto won the seventh in the last eight games

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Who said that rotating the six in baseball is a good concept, but not feasible, and obviously never encountered the current version of the Los Angeles Dodgers. In the last six games in Los Angeles, the Dodgers sent out six different starters who completely dominated everyone in their own way, and Yoshinobu Yoshinobu Yamamoto's goal is to keep that run. To illustrate the quality of Los Angeles’ recent pitches, their starters have compiled a 2.0 FWAR since Friday. They allowed five runs in 38 innings, with the least runs allowed in the second inning, only behind Cleveland's number.

Obviously, a long 162-game season often hampers the consequences of the Six-man spin, but now, it works great for the Dodgers. The production of all involved names not only justifies this, but also demonstrates the specific situation of each name. For different explanations, the Dodgers’ special reason is to closely monitor every beginner, and for Yamamoto, it’s an increase compared to last season, in which he missed a lot of time due to injury.

It may also be argued that Dave Roberts had more room to push the number of courts per starter when spinning the six, which was evident in Yamamoto's last start. Yamamoto scored 112 courts in Baltimore’s no-player, with his highest single-game score in the majors and in Game 2 he struck out 10 batsmen.

All the recent successes of the Dodge rotation are against a pair of last-place clubs, which doesn’t necessarily hurt that achievement. Yamamoto will now face a Giants, getting closer to the playoff location, and currently only gets the final wildcard slot in just 1.5 games for the New York Mets. Given the current situation of the Dodgers, these teams can meet again in the wildcard round if the Giants are able to beat the Mets.