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The Dodgers are trying to decide on a starting pitcher for Game 3, while three of their former starters are in the playoffs with new teams
Angels
The Angels have engaged in multiple conversations with agent Scott Boras about clients Hyun-Jin Ryu and Dallas Keuchel.
Dodgers
The Los Angeles Dodgers placed starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu on the 10-day disabled list because of neck soreness.
Dodgers catcher Will Smith will have at least one more chance to show he’s capable of handling Hyun-Jin Ryu in the postseason when he catches Ryu on Sunday.
The Dodgers and Hyun-Jin Ryu are hammered in a 10-2 loss to the Yankees, who take the opener of a series billed as a potential World Series glimpse.
The box score says Hyun-Jin Ryu logged seven more scoreless innings, extending his latest scoreless streak to 18 2/3 frames, which suggests he secured 21 outs in the Dodgers’ 9-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday.
For the season, Ryu is now 12-2 with a 1.45 ERA. He has given up 116 hits and walked only 17 in 142.2 innings, striking out 121.
The throw that aided Hyun-Jin Ryu and the Dodgers in the fifth inning on Sunday was clocked at 97.1 mph.
Hyun-Jin Ryu’s struggles with just over a month to go before the playoffs brings into question whether he can help anchor a successful World Series run.
For all the success and subsequent confidence Hyun-Jin Ryu generated through the season’s first three months, and there was plenty of both, Friday night presented a challenge unlike any other.