Dodgers News: Dave Roberts Reveals Who Will Start Games 1 and 2 of NLDS for LA

Two of the best arms for LA.

Though unwilling to share his postseason plans until he knows the opponent for the team, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts did say that his first two starters for Games 1 and 2 of the postseason are all but confirmed. 

Determining between one rookie pitcher or a veteran on the team will be hard to decipher, but it's been mentioned that the LA skipper will opt for either Bobby Miller or Clayton Kershaw to begin the team's playoff journey. 

Wanting to preserve his shoulder for the games that truly matter, one of the best Dodgers of all time could take the bump for the postseason opener as he's done many times in his career before. 

However, Miller's emergence could supplant his mentor in Kershaw should Roberts opt for the youngster's better health and more electric stuff to be a better option. 

Unexpected at the beginning of the year, Miller's rookie season rise as a front line rotational headliner, much like Kershaw before, could see him become the Dodgers' first rookie postseason opener in quite some time. 

Hoping to channel fellow postseason hero and sadly sidelined teammate Walker Buehler, Miller's stuff could be the determining factor over Kershaw's veteran presence. 

Though Kershaw has had plenty of chances in big games time and time again, this could be his final ride in Dodger blue after another injury-plagued campaign has fueled some interesting quotes about his future in MLB. 

For the time being, Miller and Kershaw may collectively represent both the future and past of LA's greatest arms, but in the present, both will hope to start the postseason off right after 2022's flameout. 

Losing to the Padres in the NLDS after a record breaking 111-win season, Roberts hasn't nearly hyped a roster with significant turnover to the same degree. But another division title this season could be the start of another trophy winning year much like 2020.