Riaan Kwakungalesi sikhathi Ukuqeqeshwa kwe-Dodgers entwasahlobo ngonyaka odlule nini Tyler Anderson weza engena emnyango.
Iqembu alizange libe nalo ithuba lokuvula ngokushintshana kwalo kokuqala. Futhi u-Anderson, umakadebona odlala ngesandla sobunxele ozama ukwelula umsebenzi wakhe, akazange anikezwe iziqinisekiso ngaphandle kwendima yokukhulula isikhathi eside esibayeni sezinkunzi esesivele sipakishiwe.
Ukunyakaza kwakubonakala kuncane, uma kungenjalo, ngaleso sikhathi.
Kodwa kungakapheli amasonto, ukungezwa kuka-Anderson kwaba enye yezinto ezinkulu kakhulu I-Dodgers 111-win umkhankaso.
Leyo yimvelo yesizini ye-Major League baseball. Ukuqala izimbiza cishe njalo kulimala. Ukujikeleza kosuku lokuvula cishe kuzoshintsha. Futhi ezikhathini eziningi, ukusebenza kweqembu kungachazwa ngokuthi lingathembela kangakanani ekujuleni kokuphakama kwalo kukonke.
Kungakho abakwaDodger basayine u-Anderson ngonyaka owedlule, base bephuma umoya njengoba eba yihange le-All-Star-caliber kubasebenzi babo abashayiwe. Wayefana nomshwalense we-de facto, futhi wabonakala ewufanele wonke u-$8-million owawudingeka ukuze amsayinise.
Kulo nyaka, iqembu belingase lizame umnyakazo ofanayo.
Yize beneziqalo ezinhlanu ezisunguliwe, cishe zonke zinokukhathazeka ngokulimala noma ukulinganiselwa komsebenzi okungenzeka kube khona. Ngemuva kokuthi bobabili u-Anderson no-Andrew Heaney beshiye isikhungo samahhala kule sizini engaphandle, ukutholwa komunye umakadebona wokushwiba kungenzeka kube nengqondo.
I-Dodgers, nokho, iya ohlangothini oluhlukile ngokujula kwabo kwe-pitch kule sizini.
Banomgogodla osemusha wamathemba amane aphakanyiswa kakhulu – Ryan Pepiot, UMichael Grove, Gavin Stone futhi Bobby Miller – futhi sibheka inhlanganisela yazo ukusiza ukuqinisa ukujikeleza kuyo yonke isizini.
Amathemba kaDodger uBobby Miller uqale kwiNational League kumdlalo we-All-Star Futures eDodger Stadium ngo-2022.
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Ithuba lokuqala lingase lifike ngokushesha kunokulindelekile. Ngemuva kokugwaza iqakala ngesikhathi enqamula idayimane ngesikhathi sokuzivivinya kuleli sonto, Tony GonsolinIsimo sosuku lokuvula asicacile. Umnyango ungase uvulekele isiqalo noma ezimbili endaweni yakhe ekuqaleni kwesizini evamile.
Futhi ngenxa yalokho, obekuvele kuyisiqephu esicatshangelwayo ekamu sekuqala nencazelo eyengeziwe, kugxilisa izingalo ezithembisayo kodwa ezingaqinisekisiwe ekukhanyeni okugqamile emasontweni amathathu nje kusukela ekuqaleni kukaMashi 30.
“Bazothola ithuba,” umphathi uDave Roberts kusho. “Yinto enhle leyo kubo ngabanye kanye nasenhlanganweni, ukukhuthaza ngaphakathi.”
Umqondisi wemidlalo yeligi encane ye-Dodgers uRob Hill uyaziqhenya lapho exoxa ngokukhula kwezingalo ezine ezisencane zeqembu.
Ngenkathi u-Hill eqashwa ngabakwaDodgers ngaphambi kwesizini ka-2020, ngamunye wayesanda kuqalisa umsebenzi wakhe wobungcweti – uGrove njengomdlali oqokwe emzuliswaneni wesibili ka-2018 owayesanda kuthola usizo ekuhlinzweni kuka-Tommy John, uPepiot njengomdlali oqokwe emzuliswaneni wesithathu. ehlobo eledlule, futhi uMiller noStone bazoba izengezo zomjikelezo wokuqala nowesihlanu ekilasini lokusalungiswa lalowo nyaka.
Kungakabiphi, kwaba sobala ukuthi imisebenzi yabo izolandela imikhondo efanayo. Futhi njengabanye enhlanganweni, u-Hill washeshe wabona ukuthi bonke bangafinyelela ukulungela kwe-MLB ngasikhathi sinye.
“Kube kuhle kakhulu ukubuka ukukhula kwabo,” kusho u-Hill. “Kufana nokuthi banesicefe kakhulu, uma lokho kunengqondo. Bavele bafunda ngempela ngomsebenzi wabo wezandla, ngalokho okubenza babe bakhulu. Futhi baqhubeka bephishekela ngokungakhathali. Kube mnandi ngempela ukubukela.”
UGavin Stone wayengumgadli weligi omncane we-Dodger ka-2022 wonyaka.
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U-Pepiot no-Grove bahambisane neqembu, bathola ukunambitheka kwabo kokuqala kwempilo yeligi enkulu ngokubizwa kaningi ngesizini edlule.
UPepiot wabizelwa amasamanisi amathathu aqala ngoMeyi, owodwa ngoJulayi kanye neminye emithathu ngo-Agasti. Izinombolo zakhe zezinga eliphezulu zazizinhle, i-3.47 ERA kuma-innings angu-36 ⅓ (uphinde wenza ukubonakala okude okude okubili ngoSepthemba). Futhi kwaba khona ukukhanya kwamandla akhe aphezulu esibhakabhakeni, izikhathi ezimfushane lapho exuba i-fastball yakhe ekhohlisayo kanye noshintsho lophawu lokuthengisa olulumayo.
“Ngesikhathi ngisendaweni, ngaba nempumelelo,” kusho uPepiot. “Ukubona lokho, kunginikeze ithemba elincane.”
Kuphinde kwanikeza ugqozi ku-offseason yakhe.
Eziqaleni zakhe eziningi, u-Pepiot ubezabalaza nokuvumelana nokuyala. Ulahlekelwe ama-pitches amaningi kakhulu ohlangothini lwengalo yepuleti. Akakwazanga ukuthola umuzwa omuhle ngesilayidi ayesixhume ngesizini edlule. Futhi uqede isizini engagculisekile ngokudiliva kwakhe.
Ngakho-ke, kulobu busika, wazama ukuthuthukisa umdlalo wakhe.
Wagxila ekuhlanzeni oomakhenikha bakhe, ikakhulukazi ukuze athole kangcono ama-seamer akhe amabili kanye noshintsho. Wazinza kumumo wesilayidi ongokwesiko, nokunyakaza okwanele okusuka kwesokudla kuye kwesokunxele ukuze agcine abashayayo beqagela.
Ukubuya kwangaphambi kwesikhathi bekuthembisa, kugqanyiswe umgijimo owodwa ozuziwe emidlalweni emithathu yeCactus League futhi, okubaluleke kakhulu, ukuhamba okukodwa kuphela nokushaya okuyisishiyagalolunye kuma-innings ayisithupha.
Uma iqakala lika-Gonsolin eligoqekile lidonsa usuku lokuvula lwadlula, u-Pepiot ubonakala enethuba elihle lokuvuma ngekhanda endaweni yakhe.
“Kunokuzethemba okuhambisana nokwazi ukulethwa asefike kukho nasaqhubeka nokucija, kuzomvumela ukuthi angenele umqhudelwano osezingeni eliphezulu,” kusho uHill. “Usendaweni enhle nazo zonke lezo zinto.”
UMichael Grove uqale imidlalo eyisithupha kumaDodgers ngo-2022, okuhlanganisa owodwa bewudlala ne-Arizona Diamondbacks ngoSepthemba 14.
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UGrove wenze izinyathelo ezifanayo kule ntwasahlobo.
Ngemuva komkhankaso wakhe wokuqala wokwehla nokwenyuka – uthumele i-4.60 ERA emidlalweni eyisikhombisa yeligi enkulu (iziqalo eziyisithupha) ngemuva kokubizwa ngokuqondile esuka ku-A kabili – umdlali wesandla sokudla oneminyaka engu-26 ubudala ubonise izinzuzo ezilinganayo zesizini. .
I-fastball yakhe ikhuphuka imikhaza embalwa, ijwayele ukufinyelela ku-96 mph ngemuva kwesilinganiso esingu-94.4 mph ngonyaka odlule. Ungeze i-spin nokunyakaza okwengeziwe kusilayidi sakhe ne-curveball, ngethemba ukuthi kuzomsiza ukuthi abeke ama-batter amaningi endaweni yakhe elandelayo kuma-majors.
“Bengingahamba enye yezindlela ezimbili,” kusho uGrove. “Phonsa [my breaking pitches] nzima noma uthole okuthile okuphotha kancane futhi okunomumo othe xaxa kukho. Ngahamba nalowo mzila, futhi ngavele ngadlala ngokubamba kwami futhi ngenza ukulungisa ngaleyo ndlela.”
UStone noMiller abakadlali imidlalo yabo yokuqala yeligi kodwa bangase balunge esikhathini esithile kule sizini.
UMiller, ongakangeni emdlalweni wentwasahlobo kuze kube manje ngenxa yokunyuka kancane ekamu, angaba nezinto ezinhle kakhulu ezingavuthiwe kunoma yiliphi ithemba enhlanganweni.
Ibhola lakhe elisheshayo lidlala ngamadijithi amathathu. Angathola ama-whiffs ngesilayidi sakhe, i-curveball kanye noshintsho. Kwi-triple-A yakhe yesithathu ngasekupheleni kwesizini edlule, ushaye abashaya abangu-14 kuma-innings ayisithupha.
I-Stone, nokho, njengamanje ibukeka njengephucuzekile kulawa amabili.
Ngemuva kokuthathwa nokuqokwa kwesibili kuya kokugcina kuhlaka olufushaniswe ngobhubhane luka-2020 nokuzabalaza ku-Class A ngo-2021, uStone waqhuma endaweni yesigameko njengomdlali omncane weligi we-Dodger wonyaka odlule.
Uhole wonke amaligi amancane nge-1.48 ERA, waqhubekela phambili waze wafika ku-A kathathu (lapho athumele khona izinombolo zakhe ezihamba phambili zonyaka) futhi kuze kube manje le kamu ithole ukutuswa okuphezulu okuvela ku-Roberts kwehle.
“Kuningi okukhulunywayo ngoGavin,” kusho uRoberts. “Uvule amehlo amaningi.”
Kunengozi engenakuphikwa ohlelweni lokujula kwe-Dodgers kule sizini.
Ngaso sonke isithembiso namandla abanawo kumathemba abo amane aphezulu – kanye nezinye izingalo ezincane ezingafaka isandla uma kudingeka kule sizini, njengo-Andre Jackson – basabeka ithemba elikhulu kubagadli abangenawo umkhondo weligi omkhulu. irekhodi.
Bagembula eqenjini elinganikezi iziqinisekiso.
Futhi kuthulekile kubhekwe ngabomvu njengokungaba yimbangela yekusasa leqembu kule sizini.
Ukuqala kukaRyan Pepiot kuma-majors kwenzeka ngoMeyi 11, 2022, ebhekene nePirates ePittsburgh.
(Gene J. Puskar / Associated Press)
AbakwaDodgers baye bahlola amanye amathuba kulobu busika. Baxhunywe noSeth Lugo ngaphambi kokuthi asayine neSan Diego Padres. Bangena neMiami Marlins kuPablo López ngaphambi kokuthi abhekane namawele aseMinnesota.
Bangahlala behlola imakethe ngesikhathi somnqamulajuqu wokuhweba, noma kungenzeka ukuthi icala labo libe yisidingo esikhulu ngemuva kokulimala kukaGavin Lux kokuphela kwesizini.
Okwamanje, babeka ithemba labo kwabayisihlanu abaqalayo njengamanje – uJulio Urías, uClayton Kershaw, uDustin May, uNoah Syndergaard noGonsolin – kanye negagasi lethalente elikhula ngokushesha ngemuva kwabo.
“Uhlola imakethe kanye nemiphumela engaba khona yokuphumela ngaphandle kwenhlangano nalokho ebesinakho ngaphakathi, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi sikushayele,” kusho uRoberts, ephawula ukuthi abakwaDodgers bahlanganise ngempumelelo amathuba adlule anjengo-Urías no-Walker Buehler ekujikelezeni kwabo. .
“Ngicabanga ukuthi iphansi liphakeme kunalokho abantu abakubona ngenxa yethalente lalezo zikhali zeligi,” kwengeza uRoberts.
Imenenja jikelele uBrandon Gomes uveze ithemba elifanayo, ethi ulindele ukuthi abadlali abasha beqembu baqhubeke nenqubekela phambili phakathi nesizini, kungakhathalekile ukuthi amathuba abo eligi amakhulu asheshe kangakanani.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi ngamunye wabo unezinto ezehlukene okudingeka athuthukise kuzo ngaphambi kokuba abe abadlali abakhulu, kodwa futhi banamandla ahlukene, angempela,” kusho uGomes. “Sizobona njengoba izinto sezihamba. Ngibona sengathi sihlala sinabo, sizobe sisebenzisa izimbiza ezimbalwa. Ngakho-ke ngicabanga ukuthi bazothola ithuba lokuphuma baqhubeke nokuthuthuka futhi bakhule. ”
Futhi lingase lingabi khona ikholwa elikhulu kuno-Hill, elibabukile bonke beqhakaza kusukela kumaphrojekthi asanda kuklanywa kuya kumathemba alindelwe kakhulu angqongqoza emnyango wamathuba eligi enkulu.
“Bakhombise zonke izinto ezidingwa umgadli weligi enkulu,” usho kanje. “Ukuhlala enkundleni. Ukuzivumelanisa nezimo ngohlelo lwegeyimu, ngokufaka nokuletha. Futhi nje amandla engqondo okuwenza asebenze futhi abambelele kuwo. Ngicabanga ukuthi bonke bakhombisile ukuthi bangakwazi ukuyiphatha.”
Kulo nyaka, okungcono noma okubi kakhulu, abakwaDodgers bangase bangalindeli isikhathi eside ukuze baqale ukuthola.
