It’s hard to win any postseason series in baseball, but it becomes almost impossible to win when the two best players completely underperform. And that is exactly what happened for the Dodgers in their NLDS series loss against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts went a combined 1-21 over the three-game set, and it definitely set the tone for the series. Now, the series loss isn’t all on the two stars, but they do deserve pieces of the blame pie.
After both players were in the National League MVP race all season long, they came up short when needed most.