He has been far from what was expected of him in the playoff except for the first game against the Mets. Mades me think his back is much worse than we thought and it does make sense why teams like the Yankees pulled back after seeing his physical.

In the playoffs against San Diego, he went 5.1 innings pitch and gave up 4 earned runs losing the game. The second time out it was against the Mets and he went 7 scoreless but then he followed it up with with 3 innings and 8 earned runs. He has extra rest so maybe he can get his back into better condition but still its a stretch.

Earlier today Dave Roberts said that Shohei Ohtani will not pitch even though a month or so ago it was talked about that if they made it to the World Series he would be able to. For the record Ohtani did not seem upset about this and that might be because he is aware he is much more worth while to the Dodgers as a hitter compared to a pitcher who might hurt himself again and thus prevent himself from being able to to even swing in the World Series.