Dave Roberts is the embedded Red Sox.
His moves are...curious.
I've watched a ton of Dodgers games late at night. Righty or lefty, how are Bellinger and Pederson not everyday players?
Seems to be a different lineup every day, without apparent rhyme or reason, and it is probably the single biggest bone of contention that Dodger fans have with current management (both Roberts and the front office). For a while, both Bellinger and Pederson were in the lineup every day, but now not so much.
I had a friend comment on Facebook last night -- in frustration -- that the Dodgers had 100 home runs on the bench (Bellinger, Muncy, Grandal and Pederson). While that's true (those four players had a combined 109 homers), they had only 19 homers and hit a combined .221 against lefties (as opposed to 90 homers and .264 against righties). Grandal (who, IMO, should not be switch hitting) and Pederson are particularly bad against lefties (combined 5 homers and .194 BA).
The problem is that, except for Turner and Machado, guys never get in a rhythm and don't get the opportunity to play their way through slumps. Turner and Machado are the only guys who pretty much play every day, and I think the natives are getting restless. I'm not sure what the 2019 Dodgers will look like, but I suspect the 2020 Dodgers will look almost nothing like the 2018 version.