The Dodgers nearly had a three-inning save last week, and then had a three-inning “save the bullpen.”

Plus home runs at Dodger Stadium, banter about the return of Will Smith, the weight of trying to threepeat, and movies we’d pick from the Criterion closet.

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The Dodgers lost three of four games to the Milwaukee Brewers and are still fighting for playoff positioning, though they hold a sizeable lead in the National League West.

The offense downturn has been a problem, going from best in MLB across the board though June, to a bottom-third team for the past six and a half weeks since July 1.

Plus, struggles by Edwin Díaz, Kyle Tucker’s inexplicably terrible Dodger Stadium numbers, the triumphant return of Blake Snell, the pending return of Tyler Glasnow, and Shohei Ohtani throwing his first bullpen session in over three weeks.

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Blake Snell returns to the Dodgers on Tuesday after arthroscopic surgery to remove loose bodies in his left elbow knocked out the left-hander for three months.

With Snell joining Tarik Skubal with the Dodgers, we look at Cy Young Award history in relation to Los Angeles.

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The Dodgers are in their worst stretch of the season, dropping eight of their last nine games, with problems from the offense, the starting rotation, and the bullpen.

Plus, Tarik Skubal debuted, Blake Snell is back this week, and what to expect in the next few weeks.

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Taking stock of Tarik Skubal’s performance and finding other Dodgers comparables, plus a look at the landscape of MLB playoff races after the trade deadline.

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The Dodgers acquired two-time Cy Young Award-winner Tarik Skubal, the one superstar they were after at the trade deadline, adding from the top down to a starting rotation that was already deep.

But that wasn’t all from the trade deadline by the Dodgers, who also acquire Kris Bubic from the Royals for a potential bullpen role, plus catchers Ben Rortvedt and Hunter Feduccia both return to the organization with injuries to Will Smith and Dalton Rushing.

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On this episode of the Three-Inning Save podcast, we catch up with recent three-inning saves in Major League Baseball, and how this year is ahead of the 2025 pace that saw the most such saves in a quarter century.

Plus, we talk about franchise home run leaders and the all-important peanut butter and jelly sandwich (see this Baxter Holmes ESPN article on the NBA’s love of the sandwich from 2017).

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Kiké Hernández and Edwin Díaz will be back with the Dodgers this week after missing long stints on the injured list. Blake Snell will likely join them in Los Angeles within a week or two.

Plus, recapping the Dodgers finishing up a 6-3 road trip that included series wins over the Yankees, Phillies, and Mets, and getting the deadline season started by trading for reliever Seth Halvorsen.

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Looking back at the Dodgers MLB Drafts, and looking ahead to the Major League Baseball trade deadline, which this year is Monday, August 3.

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Shohei Ohtani’s left knee injury will keep him off the mound for longer than expected. The Dodgers star remains in the starting lineup as the DH, but has had pitching starts scratched on July 10 and July 22 while he deals with the lingering knee problem.

Ohtani last pitched on July 3.

Plus, notes this week from the All-Star Game, Justin Wrobleski, old friends Cody Bellinger and Miguel Vargas, plus Yoshinobu Yamamoto dominated at Yankee Stadium, and weekend series recap about the Dodgers’ first of two straight weekends in New York.

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