Also on Friday, Yamamoto and his 2.66 ERA got to 162 1/3 innings on the season, making him the first Dodgers pitcher since 2022 to meet the minimum of one inning per team game to qualify for leaderboards.
Tanner Scott gave up a walk-off grand slam on Friday night, his third walk-off loss in his last four appearances. Scott’s 11 home runs allowed are tied for sixth-most in the majors this season, and have come in only 50 2/3 innings. In 2023-24 combined, Scott allowed six home runs in 150 innings.
“There’s nothing strictly wrong with prioritizing a World Series; it’s where the league and its culture have arrived, hand in hand,” Goldstein wrote. “But the impact of taking the longest view available at every possible turn undeniably results in a diluted on-field product—again, much as we’ve seen with the league as a whole.”