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    Bill Plaschke: Trade deadline debacle! Dodgers, Andrew Friedman fail to improve starting pitching.

    LOS ANGELES — The way baseball's trade deadline played out Tuesday, one might confuse Andrew Friedman for a Dodgers starting pitcher. Because he got shelled. It's strange to see one of the hardest-throwing executives in baseball get torched during the most important innings of his season, but, make no mistake, Friedman's 100-mph aura has been lit up and his team has been left staggered. The ...
    by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times Aug 01, 2023 3 minutes
    In this photo from Oct.14, 2019, Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman speaks to reporters during a press conference at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California.

    LOS ANGELES — The way baseball's trade deadline played out Tuesday, one might confuse Andrew Friedman for a Dodgers starting pitcher.

    Because he got shelled.

    It's strange to see one of the hardest-throwing executives in baseball get torched during the most important innings of his season, but, make no mistake, Friedman's 100-mph aura has been lit up and his team has been left staggered.

    The Dodgers, one standout starting pitcher from being a World Series favorite, didn't get that starting pitcher.

    Justin Verlander was up

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