Dusty Baker told reporters before the start of Saturday night’s game with the Phillies that he planned on giving his healthy regulars a rest with the “youngsters” starting in today’s series finale in the nation’s capital.
Though he’s giving his players a day off, Baker said he had no intention of holding back over the last few weeks even though the division is all-but sewn up.
"There's still time to win as many games as we can,” Baker explained, as quoted by MLB.com, “... because a month ago people thought catching the Dodgers was an impossibility.