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- Updated: September 29, 2016
SAN DIEGO — This wasn’t the way Jose De Leon wanted to finish his first taste of Major League Baseball.
The 24-year-old righty tossed just 2 1/3 innings during the Dodgers’ 6-5 loss to the Padres on Wednesday night, after allowing five runs (three earned) on four hits and three walks. While Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts has yet to finalize postseason pitching plans, it seems unlikely that De Leon will factor into them after his last two outings.
“I think that with Jose, I think that it was an outside shot anyway,” Roberts said. “But nothing is definitive. We haven’t made any definitive decisions, but obviously his last two turns haven’t been what he would have expected.
“And even if it doesn’t happen, it’s not a knock on him at all. Because like I said, this has been a positive season for Jose.”
Roberts said that the growth and experience that comes with pitching big league games during a pennant race would help De Leon in the future. Standing at his locker after the shortest outing of his brief Major League career, De Leon …
