Earlier than the 2023 common season started, no pundit picked the Los Angeles Dodgers to win one other Nationwide League Western Division title. They thought the Dodgers would have a rebuilding yr. The Dodgers received 100 video games once more.
Many Dodgers had nice performances, however they didn’t attain their profession milestones. Nobody is nervous about this because the gamers’ eyes are on the last word purpose, successful a world championship.
Whereas we take a in the future pause from postseason play, let’s look again at a number of the numbers a number of gamers fell slightly quick on.
Coming into September, Mookie Betts wanted two dwelling runs to get forty. He solely hit one for the remainder of the season. In the course of the collection in Miami, Betts fouled a ball off his foot, which sapped his energy. His 39 dwelling runs are nonetheless a profession excessive.Freddie Freeman had 59 doubles and 29 dwelling runs. He needed spherical numbers and to realize one thing that nobody has because the Nineteen Thirties. However nonetheless, he grew to become the primary first baseman in historical past to have a minimum of 20 dwelling runs, 100 RBI, and 20 stolen bases. Everybody needed to see Dave Roberts to do the “Freddie” when Freeman hit his sixtieth double.If Clayton Kershaw hadn’t injured his shoulder on the finish of June, he would have reached 3000th strikeout within the 2023 season. Now, he wants 56 strikeouts to succeed in this essential pitching milestone.Kershaw wants solely 23 extra wins to turn into the winningest Dodger pitcher in franchise historical past. In fact, he wouldn’t have received 36 video games in 2023. Nonetheless, he may need reached that unimaginable Dodger milestone in 2024 if he hadn’t suffered a mysterious shoulder harm.
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