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TORONTO — Seeking to spark a scuffling Dodgers offense, manager Dave Roberts shook up his lineup one more time with the season on the line in Game 6 of the World Series on Friday night at Rogers Centre. Mookie Betts moved down another spot, from third to fourth. Tommy Edman started in center field for the first time this postseason, opening up second base for Miguel Rojas in the nine-hole. The…

Tommy Edman switch-hitting vs. Blue Jays in the World Series \n\n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:” if Edman batted lefty as usual, he knew he’d be fed a steady diet of those splitters, and a splitter is a pitch you want to see coming toward your barrel, not tumbling away from it. Batting righty would give him a better chance to handle a righty splitter.\n\nIn fact, everything Yesavage…

Alden GonzalezSep 10, 2025, 09:40 PM ET Shut ESPN baseball reporter. Lined the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. LOS ANGELES — Tommy Edman returned from the injured checklist Wednesday, making the Los Angeles Dodgers’ beginning lineup complete for the primary time shortly. After which, not more than quarter-hour earlier than the primary pitch…

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images A certain joke has been making the rounds for a while now. It’s really simple. It goes, “Tommy Edman, power hitter? [Pause for laughter].” I made this joke myself during the Tokyo Series. If and when the joke is actually funny, it’s because Edman doesn’t have the traditional look or profile of a power hitter. That kind of incongruity makes a great premise both for…

Jason Parkhurst-Imagn Images LOS ANGELES — The killer feature of a pitcher like Sean Manaea, circa October 2024, is the capacity to deceive. As has been documented at length, Manaea changed his arm angle midseason, dropping down from 28 degrees in April to 15 degrees by September. That move paid immediate dividends; Manaea dominated for the New York Mets down the stretch and excelled in the…