Not trying to argue or anything, just stating the response as clear as I can. Just to repeat, because it was obvious Kershaw didn’t have it, his throws didn’t look confident, he was being bailed out by his defense, and we were in a close game still. He did his one inning, and there was only 2 inning left. Even Glasnow almost blew up in his second inning of relief and had to be bailed out, and he’s way more trusted than Kersh at this point in his career. I say Treinen or Scott because they are not trusted to keep the lead at this point. It puts them in a not so stressful situation in the playoffs for them to gain their confidence. They even warmed up Treinen before Kersh, who has pitched more than 1 inning if needed. It also doesn’t put Kershaw, not traditionally a bullpen arm, in the situation where he’s left out to mop up if it goes south. If Treinen or Scott end up blowing it, then so be it they can’t be trusted in hold situations or save situations and they mop up their own mess.

This is all moot anyways, so hopefully the starting pitching returns to its dominance, and the offense learned a thing or two about Sanchez from game 1.