Andy Pages’ October troubles are back on the surface at exactly the wrong moment.
The Dodgers outfielder has been a reliable bat for much of the season, but the postseason has once again turned into a rough stretch for him. Through two games this year, Pages has yet to get a hit.
He’s gone 0-for-8 with one walk and four strikeouts, and the strikeout total is the part that jumps out most. Pages usually does not miss this often.
That’s a sharp contrast from his regular season. In 2025, he hit 27 homers, finished second on the team behind Shohei Ohtani, and drove in 86 runs while posting a .774 OPS.
His strikeout rate during the year was 19.7%, better than in seasons past, and his whiff rate checked in at 22.1%, both above league average. In this postseason sample, though, those numbers have spiked all the way to a 50% strikeout rate and a 36.4% whiff rate.
The problems echoed what happened last October. Pages appeared in 16 games in the 2025 postseason, came to the plate 55 times, and managed only four hits. That worked out to a .078/.113/.098 slash line and a .211 OPS.
Three of his four strikeouts this year came in Game 1. He swung through the pitch to record the last out twice, and in another at-bat he watched strike three go by before using up a challenge. After that game, manager Dave Roberts said the Dodgers had taken away Pages’ green light to challenge.
“We talked a lot this year about Andy’s success rate or lack thereof, and I didn’t revisit it before Game 1, so that’s my fault,” Roberts said to the media, including Dodgers Nation, ahead of Game 2 on Sunday. “I did have a conversation today, so we’ve managed that one going forward.”
Pages did at least show one encouraging sign in Game 1 when he lined out to center at 96.5 mph with a favorable launch angle, which fit the kind of contact he usually makes during the season.
Game 2 brought a little more, but not much. Pages struck out again in the second inning for his fourth punchout of the postseason, then drew a walk. His last two trips ended with groundouts to either side of the middle infield.
The first-time All-Star is known for better quality of contact than this and will be hoping to get back to that version of himself as the Dodgers keep pushing for a three-peat.
If the struggles keep going, the Dodgers do have alternatives in center field. Tommy Edman is healthy and capable of handling the spot, and Hyeseong Kim can do it too. Josue De Paula is also with the team and could allow a corner outfielder to slide over to center for a game if needed.
For now, though, the Dodgers would much rather avoid that move. Pages remains an important piece on both sides of the ball, and his next chance to shake loose from this slump comes in Game 3 of the NLDS on Tuesday against Chris Sale.
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