2024 World Series ‘Chickie War’: How Brusdar Graterol Could Save the Dodgers After Tough Start Against Yankees

The “Chickie War” between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees in the 2024 MLB World Series is completely involved in the loss The Dodgers lost the first two games at home, however, the main bullpen resource, 36-year-old Blake Treinen , on the board in the first two games, firing 2 innings and a total of 55 pitches Adding variables to the middle of the series, at this time, I think Brusdar Graterol, who has returned from injury, will play a key role. .

Brusdar Graterol. (Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Pictures via Getty Images) (Mary DeCicco via Getty Images)

Graterol is 26 years old. He was born on the farm of the Minnesota Twins saves, all of which were single-season career highs. The defensive rating of 1.20 and WHIP value of 0.97 are both very good. but in 7 games in the regular season (only 1 game with a scoreless game).

There is no doubt about Graterol’s strength with the fireball, but his shortcomings include a “painful constitution” and the fate of him missing a significant amount of time in this year’s regular season due to hip discomfort. and right shoulder at the start of the season he was absent for a long time and did not make his debut until early August However, he strained his right hamstring in the first game of his return The trip he took over a month off before returning to the major leagues. He is one of the wounded soldiers in the Dodgers’ “luxury hospital” this year.

Dodgers head coach Dave Roberts praised his youngster: “He always tries to get up quickly from problems, as if he’s ever been cheated or hurt.

Although Graterol did not allow a single run in 6 games at the end of the season in September, he had to miss the first part of the playoffs due to a slight shoulder pain (inflammation symptoms). When another bullpen right-hander, Evan Phillips, came off the line (arm), “Instant Relief” entered the World Series lineup.

It is true that Graterol is still relatively young, but he has a lot of experience in tournaments, he is a power in the Western Conference of the National League. It is worth mentioning that when he was still wearing a Twins jersey in 2019, his first playoff opponent in his career was against the “natural enemy” Yankees, and it was 3 on and 3 down: hitting out Brett Gardner, solving Edwin Encarnación, Then he hit Cameron Maybin with 3 goals He was like a newborn calf that is not afraid of tigers.

In 2019, Brusdar Graterol made his first plate appearance in the playoffs and gave the Yankees 3 hits and 3 hits. (Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images) (Brace Hemmelgarn via Getty Images)

In 2020, the Dodgers won the championship in the shortened season In a rare relief during the epidemic, Graterol appeared in a total of 9 games in the playoffs this year and it is clear that he has establishing himself as one of the only major players to drop points (National League championship game) Atlanta Braves G4), the remaining 8 games were scoreless, getting 3 shutouts, 1 save, largely dependent on seventh and eighth inning action.

From 2021 to 2023, Graterol appeared in a total of 12 games in the playoffs, allowing only 1 run. In the first game of this year’s World Series, he not only survived the stalemate situation of being 1 point behind without losing a point, but also hit 12 of 18 goals. the strike rate is high enough, and he also showed a strong heart. After receiving the bounced ball from Gleyber Torres with his bare hands, he can also “freeze” and then go to first base to get out of there The game started in the previous inn.

Phillips’ WHIP in the regular season was just 1.19, and he added 18 saves in a win over the Dodgers, but Graterol, with his fastball speed and ecstatic slider, will return to the firing line in time. it can effectively reduce the negative impact and play a “fire fighting” function in critical times.

Note: The data in this article is as of October 28, Taiwan time.

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