Well, well, well. We have ourselves a chess match already before Game 5 of the NLDS matchup between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants, which promises to be an amazing matchup of rivals.
The Dodgers announced that reliever Corey Knebel would be starting the game and not Julio Urias.
That’s right, it’s an “opener” in a winner-take-all playoff game, a move that could backfire badly in the first inning … or be the very thing that propels the Dodgers to the NLCS against the Atlanta Braves.
Obviously, you can tell from the headline what I think. But here’s why it’s so smart:
