This season wasn’t supposed to be easy for the
Giants. This kind of season wasn’t supposed to happen at all. The
Dodgers were better, and everyone knew it. That was always the hurdle for the Giants to overcome in 2021, and the hurdle was 14 feet tall and wrapped in barbed wire.
It wasn’t supposed to be easy, yet you should be spooked that the Dodgers appear to have acquired the best starting pitcher on the trade market in a reported trade that isn’t yet official. While they were at it, they’re going to get the best position player in that deal, too. Max Scherzer joins a rotation with Clayton Kershaw, Walker Buehler and Julio Urías. Trea Turner joins a lineup with … all sorts of hitters. The Dodgers roster is overwhelming, it truly is. There’s no way to sugarcoat it.
It’s Game 5 of the National League Division Series, and you have a choice of Tyler Rogers pitching to Keibert Ruiz or Trea Turner. You know what you’re picking. The Dodgers also knew, and they made a different choice.
