Exactly 25 hours before the biggest game of his team’s season, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was only sure of one thing about his pitching plans for Game 5 in the National League Division Series on Friday night.
“Obviously, I’m sure Yoshinobu will be a part of it,” Roberts said Thursday, referring to $325-million offseason signing, and Game 1 starter, Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
What does that mean exactly?
“I just don’t know,” Roberts said.
Or, at least, he wasn’t ready to say yet.
When the Dodgers made a late change to their starting rotation for this series last week, they did it with Game 5 largely in mind.