{"id":7767,"date":"2025-10-28T04:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T04:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=7767"},"modified":"2025-10-28T04:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T04:08:08","slug":"why-dodgers-used-emmet-sheehan-out-of-bullpen-not-clayton-kershaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=7767","title":{"rendered":"Why Dodgers used Emmet Sheehan out of bullpen, not Clayton Kershaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/los-angeles-dodgers\/news\/why-dodgers-used-emmet-sheehan-out-bullpen-not-clayton-kershaw\/c869d83c6eaf3ac95e140f0c?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Why Dodgers used Emmet Sheehan out of bullpen, not Clayton Kershaw;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Why Dodgers used Emmet Sheehan out of bullpen, not Clayton Kershaw<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/los-angeles-dodgers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Dodgers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> warmed Clayton Kershaw up in the ninth inning.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>But when the game got to the 10th inning, they subbed in Emmet Sheehan, not the legendary starting pitcher.<\/p>\n<p>It was 5-5, and the Dodgers wanted to get the game to the bottom of the 10th at that scoreline.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of using the future Hall of Famer, they used the baby-faced Sheehan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/toronto-blue-jays\/news\/blue-jays-vladimir-guerrero-jr-just-showed-arm-strength-his-dad\/4465e03f0482fc35ef28c807\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Vladdy just showed off the arm he got from his dad;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Vladdy just showed off the arm he got from his dad<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading\">Why is Emmet Sheehan pitching, not Clayton Kershaw?<\/h2>\n<p>The Dodgers decided to turn to someone who they have more frequently used out of the bullpen.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Sheehan has already pitched in this series, unlike Kershaw.<\/p>\n<p>Kershaw is pitching out of the bullpen because he doesn&#8217;t have another obvious role for manager Dave Roberts in the Dodgers&#8217; gameplan.\u00a0It&#8217;s an odd spot for the lifelong starting pitcher to be, so he hasn&#8217;t seen much action this postseason.<\/p>\n<p>He didn&#8217;t pitch at all in the NLCS as the Dodgers&#8217; starting pitchers put together long outings in a four-game sweep of the Brewers.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>He got to pitch in the NLDS against the\u00a0, but in 2.0 innings, he allowed five runs, including two home runs.<\/p>\n<p>Kershaw may still get in during the World Series, in Game 3 or otherwise. But for the time being, the Dodgers went a different direction.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading\">More World Series news:<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ca.sports.yahoo.com\/news\/why-dodgers-used-emmet-sheehan-035047434.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Dodgers used Emmet Sheehan out of bullpen, not Clayton Kershaw originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Los Angeles Dodgers warmed Clayton Kershaw up in the ninth inning. Advertisement But when the game got to the 10th inning, they subbed in Emmet Sheehan, &#8230; <a title=\"Why Dodgers used Emmet Sheehan out of bullpen, not Clayton Kershaw\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=7767\" aria-label=\"Read more about Why Dodgers used Emmet Sheehan out of bullpen, not Clayton Kershaw\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Why-Dodgers-used-Emmet-Sheehan-out-of-bullpen-not-Clayton.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7767"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7769,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7767\/revisions\/7769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}