Dodgers fans are divided on Dylan Hernández's drama-farming take on Roki Sasaki

Roki Sasaki's postseason performance was nothing short of miraculous after the rookie year he'd had. He only managed to pitch eight starts for a 4.72 ERA before going onto the IL in early May and staying there until late September.

The Dodgers took their time letting Sasaki recover from a shoulder impingement; so much time, in fact, that it kind of seemed like they were using his rehab as an excuse to let him develop in the minors a little bit, without having to contend with how a bad a look it would've been to send him down for performance issues.

When he came back to the majors and became the Dodgers' interim star closer, a new narrative emerged. Sasaki was reportedly resistant to help from Dodgers coaching staff initially — which would explain his initial struggles in the minors — but finally opened up and let pitching director Rob Hill take him through some mechanical adjustments that had an immediate effect.

But, per Dylan Hernández of the newly minted California Post, Sasaki has declined to credit Hill, instead saying he "discovered the problems with his delivery when he watched old videos of himself."

It immediately raised some red flags for a few Dodgers fans — do they have an ego-driven monster on their hands? — but others weren't so quick to believe Hernández's reporting.

Dylan Hernández's latest take on Roki Sasaki is dividing Dodgers fans

Hernández doubled down on his take on a recent appearance on Dodgers Territory. "There were stories that came out about Rob Hill and the work that he did with Sasaki," he said. "The interesting thing is, Sasaki gets asked about it [...] he's never said Rob Hill's name. He says, 'Oh, yeah, at some point I met with somebody who was kind of a pitching coach in Arizona. We agreed on the ideas, but as far as the solution, I was the one who came up with it.'"

Whether or not you believe that Hernández is exaggerating, this whole narrative does bring up an interesting question: how willing will the Dodgers be to hold his feet to the fire when they need to.

Dave Roberts has already offered a little bit of tough love, telling the media that Sasaki needed to develop a third pitch if he wanted to be a successful MLB starter (Sasaki has said since he's working on not just a third but a fourth). But if he continues to struggle as much as he did in his first eight starts, will they finally be willing to send him down and take the publicity hit?

The Dodgers have always been insistent that Sasaki is an "unfinished product," probably to get ahead of any criticism, but it remains to be seen what lengths they'll actually go to help him improve (and maybe start giving credit where credit is due).