Dodgers Clinch Playoff Berth, Chasing Historic Threepeat — SkimNews
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- Dodgers clinched a playoff berth with a 4-1 win over the Reds on Monday night, their 91st win of the season, extending their postseason streak to 14 consecutive years and tying the Braves' all-time record (1991-2005).
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the reigning World Series MVP, is 13-8 with a 2.62 ERA in 172 innings this season and capable of carrying the rotation deep into October after logging 211 innings between regular season and playoffs last year.
- Tarik Skubal, the two-time AL Cy Young winner acquired midseason from the Tigers, has posted a 2.52 ERA since joining Los Angeles and brings a career 2.04 postseason ERA across six playoff games.
- Blake Snell has been limited to 37⅔ innings in seven starts this season due to injury but owns a 1.04 ERA with 46 strikeouts since returning from the injured list.
- Shohei Ohtani is on the injured list with lingering knee and biceps injuries and is unlikely to pitch again this regular season, though manager Dave Roberts said he would still play in the postseason.
- The Dodgers' lineup ranks in the top five in MLB in runs, average, OBP, and slugging, with Mookie Betts and Teoscar Hernández both getting scorching hot in recent weeks.
- No MLB team has threepeated since the 1998-2000 Yankees, with only the 1972-74 Athletics and two other Yankees dynasties having accomplished the feat in baseball history.
Why it matters: A threepeat would cement the Dodgers as an undisputed modern dynasty with four titles in seven years — a run not seen since the 1998-2000 Yankees. With Yamamoto, Skubal, and Snell healthy and Betts and Hernández surging, the reigning champions head into October with their deepest rotation and most complete lineup of the run, even minus an Ohtani pitching presence.
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