Landen Roupp has been the steady hand the Giants needed once Logan Webb hit the IL with knee bursitis. A 3.09 ERA and a 5-3 record at this point in the season is real, and he gets a Dodgers lineup that's been pressing for weeks. Emmet Sheehan counters at 4.79 — serviceable, but not the kind of number that scares a Giants offense that just hung 9 on this team a few nights ago.
The injury sheet is doing a lot of heavy lifting here, particularly for the home side. The Dodgers are running without Tyler Glasnow, Gavin Stone, Bobby Miller, Evan Phillips, Brusdar Graterol and Edwin Diaz, among others — a rotation and bullpen held together with duct tape. San Francisco isn't exactly whole either, with Webb sidelined and the bullpen thinned out by a parade of UCLs and shoulders, but the depth chart damage on this card tilts toward L.A.
- 10-Day-ILDaniel Susac (C) — Susac (elbow) went 2-for-4 in Triple-A Sacramento's 2-1 loss to Reno on Friday.05/10
- 15-Day-ILErik Miller (RP) — Miller (back) yielded one hit and struck out one over a scoreless frame in his first rehab appearance with Triple-A Sacramento on Sunday.05/11
- 15-Day-ILLogan Webb (SP) — The Giants placed Webb on the 15-day injured list Saturday due to right knee bursitis, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.05/09
- 60-Day-ILJason Foley (RP) — Foley (shoulder) will make his next rehab appearance for Triple-A Sacramento, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.05/11
- 60-Day-ILJared Oliva (CF) — The Giants transferred Oliva (wrist) from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day IL on Wednesday.05/08
- 60-Day-ILRowan Wick (RP) — The Giants placed Wick (elbow) on the 60-day injured list Sunday, Justice delos Santos of The San Jose Mercury News reports.05/08
- 60-Day-ILHayden Birdsong (RP) — Birdsong underwent successful UCL reconstruction surgery on his right elbow Wednesday, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.05/08
- 60-Day-ILReiver Sanmartin (RP) — The Giants placed Sanmartin (hip) on the 60-day injured list Wednesday.05/08
- 60-Day-ILRandy Rodriguez (RP) — The Giants placed Rodriguez (elbow) on the 60-day injured list Tuesday, Justice delos Santos of The San Jose Mercury News reports.05/08
- 60-Day-ILJose Butto (RP) — The Giants transferred Butto (arm) to the 60-day injured list Tuesday.05/08
- 15-Day-ILBen Casparius (RP) — Casparius (shoulder) has been throwing at the Dodgers' complex in Arizona, per MLB.com.05/10
- 15-Day-ILBrock Stewart (RP) — Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters Saturday that he expects Stewart (foot) will be on the 15-day injured list for approximately three weeks, Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reports.05/10
- 15-Day-ILTyler Glasnow (SP) — no05/09
- 15-Day-ILBrusdar Graterol (RP) — Graterol (shoulder) will begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Oklahoma City on Saturday, Triple-A Oklahoma City broadcaster Alex Freedman reports.05/08
- 60-Day-ILEdwin Diaz (RP) — no05/10
- 60-Day-ILTommy Edman (2B) — The Dodgers transferred Edman (ankle) to the 60-day injured list Saturday.05/09
- 60-Day-ILLandon Knack (SP) — The Dodgers transferred Knack (chest) to the 60-day injured list Tuesday.05/08
- 60-Day-ILEvan Phillips (RP) — Phillips (elbow) threw a bullpen session to a squatting catcher March 17, per MLB.com.05/08
- 60-Day-ILGavin Stone (SP) — Stone (shoulder) has resumed throwing, per MLB.com.05/08
- 60-Day-ILJake Cousins (RP) — The Dodgers transferred Cousins (elbow) from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day IL on Wednesday, Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reports.05/08
- 60-Day-ILEnrique Hernandez (1B) — Hernandez (elbow) will kick of a minor-league rehab assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday, Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register reports.05/08
- 60-Day-ILBobby Miller (SP) — The Dodgers placed Miller (shoulder) on the 60-day injured list Monday.05/08
The market still loves the Dodgers despite the slump. Pinnacle has them at -169 with a 61.2% fair win probability; DraftKings is even steeper at -251. That's the public chasing the name on the front of the jersey rather than the body of work over the last 20 games. Neither side of this number prices out as a +EV play, and the total has the books split — Pinnacle at 8.5, DK at 7.5.
This is the kind of game where the Giants can quietly walk out of Los Angeles with a series win if Roupp does Roupp things and the bullpen behind him doesn't unravel. The Dodgers needed Ohtani to remind them they're the Dodgers. One night doesn't unbreak three weeks of bad baseball.