{"id":651712,"date":"2026-03-30T02:53:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T02:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/651712\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T02:53:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T02:53:26","slug":"dodgers-world-series-hero-making-the-most-of-bigger-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/651712\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers World Series Hero Making the Most of Bigger Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Mar 27, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Will Klein (61) waves during the World Series ring ceremony before the game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a44211aa76f33f9fd0eb5124b897c7bf.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mar 27, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Will Klein (61) waves during the World Series ring ceremony before the game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Will Klein has been great since his heroics in the World Series, and the coaching staff clearly trusts him.<\/p>\n<p>The big right-hander has made two appearances already in the young season, and hasn\u2019t allowed a run in either. While he set a high bar with his four-inning, shutout performance in Game 3 of the Fall Classic, Klein clearly isn\u2019t bothered with living up to expectations.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou see other people have big moments in national championship games, Super Bowls and you\u2019re like, \u2018That\u2019s fun to watch,\u2019\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2026\/03\/28\/will-klein-looks-ready-for-larger-role-with-dodgers\/?utm_campaign=mrf-twitter-ocregister&amp;mrfcid=2026032969bcfe83ebcb4b016f8afeaf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Klein said;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Klein said&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Klein said<\/a>. \u201cSo to have that moment for myself and to hear it from fans and family, it reminds you of the stuff you grew up watching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026When I started this year, I was worried about living up to the four innings. But I was like, \u2018That\u2019s just who I am as a pitcher. I don\u2019t have to live up to anything because I did that.\u2019 That\u2019s what I will try to do every day, even if it\u2019s one inning or one out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t let that moment get bigger than it is. I was the one that did that and I can go out and do it again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Mar 27, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Will Klein (61) waves during the World Series ring ceremony before the game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images&#10;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/e93e2cf4c1c9daafac5937dad7c032bb.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mar 27, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Will Klein (61) waves during the World Series ring ceremony before the game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images <\/p>\n<p>Manager Dave Roberts said the Dodgers have noticed Klein\u2019s dominance as of late, too.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s trending in the right direction,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2026\/03\/28\/will-klein-looks-ready-for-larger-role-with-dodgers\/?utm_campaign=mrf-twitter-ocregister&amp;mrfcid=2026032969bcfe83ebcb4b016f8afeaf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Roberts said.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Roberts said.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Roberts said.<\/a>\u00a0\u201cYou attack, you throw strikes, you can get left and right out, you can change speeds with the curveball, you can throw close to 100 (mph), that\u2019s an uncomfortable at-bat. So for me, he\u2019s getting right there on that trust tree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On top of his two scoreless outings so far in the regular season, Klein allowed just two runs through 10 appearances in the spring. The Dodgers\u2019 decision to give Klein a shot has already proven to be worthwhile, and they\u2019ll look to get even more results from the 26-year-old as the season progresses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mar 27, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Will Klein (61) waves during the World&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2406],"tags":[22,5,2178,1560,39,1165,4332,4333,774,57,3224,4331,4,83409,5824,19036,28865],"class_list":["post-651712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-baseball","tag-california","tag-dave-roberts","tag-dodgers","tag-la","tag-la-dodgers","tag-ladodgers","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-losangeles","tag-losangelesdodgers","tag-mlb","tag-national-championship-games","tag-usa","tag-will-klein","tag-world-series-ring"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116315869599945532","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}