Last year, a few stubborn fans who didn’t care to comprehend simple math believed it to be a season-long jinx. But only ten games into the 2017 campaign, the struggles the Dodgers have been wrestling with against left-handed pitching have become so obvious that other teams are realigning their pitching rotation when they see a series vs. Los Angeles appear on their respective schedules.
Even veteran lefty Brett Anderson, who made only four appearances in all of 2016 after battling an injured back, meandered through the Dodgers lineup on Thursday afternoon with relative ease, helping the Cubs win the affair 4-0, capturing the series victory.