It’ll be staff ace (?) Bobby Miller against George Kirby who, like Rodriguez, is nearing the end of his second full season in the majors and as a result has never faced the Dodgers before. The Dodgers did not play the Mariners in 2022, though Rodriguez obviously got to play in Los Angeles with his runner-up finish in the 2022 Home Run Derby, but will host Seattle from Aug. It would also be hard to complain about getting to see Julio Rodriguez play against the Dodgers as that’s obviously going to be a somewhat rare occurrence with just three games a year between the teams. While it might not be the case for the Dodgers, at least that adds some stakes to these three games as Seattle still has seven games remaining against Texas and three against Houston to close out the regular season. However, unlike the sad Padres who remain 6.5 games out of the National League Wild Card (equal to the Pittsburgh Pirates and a payroll that is $184 million less), the Mariners are 1.5 games up on the Toronto Blue Jays for the sixth and final American League Wild Card berth and sit a game back of the Rangers for the No. Especially when Kyle Hurt is temporarily back in Triple-A after he became the most interesting thing about the team for 24 hours on Tuesday. Unsurprisingly, my feelings haven’t changed on these games. 2 seed in the National League and sit at a 98-win pace which would be both their worst win total/percentage since 2018 while also finishing fourth in all of Major League Baseball in 2023. Since the last time I chimed in on how meaningless all of these games are for the Dodgers, they have managed to remain 13.5 games up on the San Francisco Giants and Arizona D-backs, continue to hold a significant advantage (6.5 games) over the Milwaukee Brewers for the No.
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