Dodgers' Dave Roberts raises red flags with ill-timed offense remarks after loss to Blue Jays

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The Los Angeles Dodgers find themselves in one of the most thrilling World Series matchups in recent postseason history. Everything about this series has the feel of a do-or-die Game 7. However, if the Dodgers are going to win, their bullpen will need to come through.

“The LA pen was filled with big names with bigger reps to start the season, but Tanner Scott, Evan Phillips, Kirby Yates, Michael Kopech and Brusdar Graterol are all out with injuries. What remains is a nine-man guessing game,” Heyman wrote. “Dodgers manager Dave Roberts seemed reluctant to employ his bullpen in previous rounds, and this performance, with the first eight batters LA’s pen faced driving in nine runs, can’t aid his confidence in the group."

The bullpen was thought to be the Dodgers’ biggest weakness in the series, but the real concern might be the offense — aside from Shohei Ohtani’s historic Game 3 performance.

“That's exactly what Ohtani did in Game 3 of the 2025 World Series. He tied the all-time record for most times on base in a game in regular season or postseason play. No one had reached base nine times in one game since Stan Hack in 1942,” SI’s Stephen Douglas wrote.

On Tuesday, the Toronto Blue Jays tied the series at 2-2 with a 6-2 win. After the game, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts sounded the alarm about the team’s offense — something no team wants to be worried about this late in the season.

“We haven’t found our rhythm,” Roberts told the media.

Lacking rhythm while being two games away from losing the World Series is not what any fan wants to hear. If that’s the case, something needs to be fixed — fast. This is the final week of baseball before Spring Training; it’s now or never for LA.

The batting lineup can’t afford to falter now. As manager, Roberts could have chosen his words more carefully, because with his comments, the alarms have officially gone off.

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