The Dodgers roll into Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, at 7:15 PM EDT, bringing a .258 batting average that looks suspiciously strong against a Braves lineup slugging at .247. You can catch the action on MLB.TV or BravesVision, though the injury reports are doing most of the heavy lifting this week. With Bobby Miller and Blake Treinen stuck on the 60-Day IL, Los Angeles is essentially pitching this game with one arm tied behind its back. It’s a strange kind of confidence to show up to a regular-season series when your bullpen is mostly composed of guys waiting for an MRI appointment.
Roki Sasaki (RHP, #11), who is sitting at 5-5 with a 4.42 ERA, steps in to face AJ Smith-Shawver (RHP, #32), a bullpénner with a 6.23 ERA in just under nine innings. The Dodgers are chalk as -119 favorites on a total of 8.5, which suggests the books are praying Sasaki doesn’t walk the leadoff hitter immediately. If you’re debating whether this ends in a quiet exhibition or a wild-card desperate scramble, hop over to StreakChat to lock in your pick and see who else thinks this matchup is basically a debate club.