Dodgers enter offseason in search of postseason answers - ESPN

LOS ANGELES — The 100-win Los Angeles Dodgers were left wondering why they can't win in October after they were swept out of the NL Division Series. They'll spend all winter searching for answers while reliving their quick exit for the second straight season.

Manager Dave Roberts was booed at home when he removed Brusdar Graterol after two hitless innings of relief in Game 2 against the Arizona Diamondbacks. His postseason moves have been skewered by Dodgers fans over his eight seasons at the helm.

«I've got to do a better job of figuring out a way to get our guys prepared for the postseason. I'll own that,» Roberts said. «The regular season, I think we do a great job. But the last couple of postseasons it just hasn't gone well for us and so I've got to figure it out.»

The Dodgers didn't have much of a rotation for the postseason. It was Clayton Kershaw, deadline acquisition Lance Lynn and several rookies.

Kershaw got blown up in Game 1 against the D-backs. Rookie Bobby Miller collapsed in Game 2, and the D-backs rocked Lynn for four home runs in one inning to close out the sweep in Game 3. That trio gave up 13 runs in just 4⅔ innings in the series.

The Dodgers' vaunted offense, featuring a quartet of 100-RBI players, vanished in the postseason. The 1-2 punch of Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman were a combined 1-for-21 in the NLDS, including 0-for-8 in the decisive Game 3.

Max Muncy and J.D. Martinez, the other half of the 100-RBI club, did little either.

The Dodgers' rotation was left in tatters after season-ending arm injuries to Walker Buehler, Tony Gonsolin and Dustin May. Kershaw spent six weeks on the injured list with a shoulder injury. Starter Julio Urías was arrested in September on suspicion of felony domestic