DIVISION PLAYOFFS 10/7/17 – 5 THINGS TO WATCH FROM REMARKABLE!

At home, the Dodgers always find a way.

In home games when their opponents have scored three or more runs in an inning, the Dodgers have have still managed to win 54.5% of the time (12/22) this season (Rank: 1st of 30 in MLB; League Avg: 27.9%).

When J.D. Martinez gets to a lefty, he gets to him good. It may be a surprise to collect two hits in a game against Clayton Kershaw, but for Martinez, the fact that one of them was a HR was nothing new.

Martinez has 23 Extra-Base hits out of 35 total hits (65.7%) versus LHP this season (Highest rate in MLB by over 7%).

Javier Baez swings at nearly everything.

Even when he’s been ahead in the count over the last month, Baez has chased 69.2% (18/26) of pitches out of the strike zone (over 12% more often than any other player this month).

Against lefties, Goldschmidt rakes and runs. It probably isn’t surprising that Paul Goldschmidt has the best OBP in the Majors against LHP over the last two years, but did you know that when lefties are on the mound he ranks up there with top base stealers like Billy Hamilton?

The Nationals rake at home better than any team not named the Rockies. Playing 81 games at Coors Field helps make the Rockies untouchable in this category, but aside from them, the Nationals hit eight points better at home than any other team.