Longtime MLB Manager Doesn’t Mince Words About Dodgers’ Injuries: ‘It’s Their Own Fault’
The Dodgers’ rotation has been ravaged by injuries.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are heading toward October with several of their key starting pitchers on the injured list. Clayton Kershaw, Tony Gonsolin, Gavin Stone, Dustin May, and Tyler Glasnow are all on the IL, and Glasnow will more than likely miss the rest of the season, leaving the Dodgers with few proven starters available as the postseason nears.
Have the Dodgers just had injury luck? Or do they have to look in the mirror for who to blame?
Former two-time World Series Champion and three-time Manager of the Year Joe Maddon believes the Dodgers have themselves to blame. Speaking on The Ricky Cobb Show on OutKick.com, Maddon did not necessarily pin the blame on one thing the Dodgers did (or didn’t do). But he made it clear who’s responsible for the injuries that depleted their postseason rotation.
“Right now I’m listening about the Dodgers and their concerns going into the postseason,” Maddon told Cobb, the creator of Super 70s Sports. “They don’t have enough starters. And even if they did, they don’t pitch deeply into the game and then you’ve got a worn-out bullpen. It’s their own fault. Don’t blame it on anything else.”
The Dodgers have signed pitchers with injury histories, so it can’t be too surprising to see them injured again. Glasnow managed to start a career-high 22 games and throw a career-high 168 strikeouts this season, but his earlier innings totals were suppressed in large part because of prior injuries. In recent years, Glasnow has missed time because of a torn UCL that required Tommy John surgery as well as an oblique injury.
