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• Dave Roberts Sends Message to Dodgers Amid Struggles

The Los Angeles Dodgers dropped another game to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday, and by doing so, shrunk their lead in the NL West to just one game. Being at risk of a sweep against a divisional opponent is one thing, but the San Diego Padres gaining momentum is something manager Dave Roberts previously credited …...2025
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• Dodgers Notes: Max Muncy Setback, Mookie Betts’ Position Solidified, Dave Roberts Thinks LA Lost Focus

The Los Angeles Dodgers lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks, 6-1, on Saturday night, and fell to 77-59 on the year. LA is now just one game ahead of the San Diego Padres in the NL West. In other news, while the Dodgers are awaiting the return of All-Star Max Muncy, he has suffered an unfortunate …...2025
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• Dave Roberts Believes Lack of Focus Led to Dodgers’ Offensive Slump

The Los Angeles Dodgers entered the season looking to become baseball’s first back-to-back champions in a quarter century, but as the season has soldiered on, there have been no shortage of moments where the offensive has fallen flat. The San Diego Padres have crept up to, and even overtook, the Dodgers in the NL West …...2025
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• Dodgers Lineup vs Diamondbacks: Michael Conforto Out, Alex Call and Kiké Hernandez Starting

The Los Angeles Dodgers dropped the series opener to the Arizona Diamondbacks, 3-0, Friday night. While the defending champions lost, LA still has a two-game lead in the NL West. On Saturday, the Dodgers will turn to Tyler Glasnow to take the mound. The right-hander gave up three earned runs in four innings against the …...2025
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• Things to Do in Los Angeles for Dodgers Fans: Labor Day Weekend Starting August 29

The chase for the NL West crown is heating up. The Los Angeles Dodgers are back at Dodger Stadium this weekend, so grab your Dodgers gear, cheer loud and support the Boys in Blue. And when you’re not at the ballpark or watching them on TV, LA’s got a full lineup of fun events waiting …...2025
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• Dodgers lose World Series-winning pitcher to IL, but get back two-time Cy Young winner

It’s suboptimal to lose one of their best relievers for at least two weeks as they cling to a one-game lead on San Diego in the NL West....2025
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• Dodgers Notes: Exciting Max Muncy Injury Update, Mookie Betts Talks NL West Race, Major Win Over Padres

The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres, 8-2, on Sunday and improved to 74-57 on the year. LA is back to being on top of the NL West, holding the tiebreaker over the Friars who currently have the same record. Additionally, there is an exciting update to Max Muncy’s injury. The All-Star third …...2025
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• Padres’ Jackson Merrill Makes Frustrations Clear Following Unfortunate Turn of Events In Dodgers Series
San Diego center fielder Jackson Merrill left frustrated after Dodgers series sweep and injury setback as Padres hope to stay alive in NL West race....2025
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• San Diego Padres Robbed of Starting Pitcher in Early Warning Signs Ahead of NL West Tussle vs. Dodgers
A knee injury has sent Michael King to the 15-day IL, forcing the San Diego Padres to adjust ahead of their rivalry series with the Los Angeles Dodgers....2025
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• Dodgers’ Rookie Roki Sasaki Develops Game-Changing Pitch Mix During 3-Month Rehab
Roki Sasaki adds a two-seamer during injury rehab, aiming to boost Dodgers’ pitching depth for their NL West race and October run....2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies need to be sellers at the trade deadline

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, July 29, 2025 Yesterday morning in The Athletic, Andy McCullough published “The personalities of MLB’s trade deadline: Hunters, Fishermen and the Cleveland Grind Machine.” He goes on to describe how various general managers approach the trade deadline. When McCullough gets to his discussion of the Colorado Rockies,...2025
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• Afternoon dogfight: Braves can play spoiler in Spencer Strider-Justin Verlander matchup

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images It’s a big-name pitching matchup in an early start for the series finale There was a point where a Spencer Strider-Justin Verlander matchup would’ve been must-see baseball, even in a relatively early (12:15 pm ET) matinee start. That is absolutely not the case at this point, but the Braves can still play spoiler and dent the Giants’ p...2025
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• Padres at the All-Star break

Yu Darvish versus the Phillies | Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Notes from week 16 The San Diego Padres finished the unofficial first half of the season with a series win versus the Philadelphia Phillies. Ryan Bergert was called up for the first game and pitched 4.2 innings, allowing three hits and two runs with seven strikeouts in 82 pitches. The Four Horseman of the bullpen allowed...2025
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• Trade Deadline Outlook: Los Angeles Dodgers

MLBTR’s new team-by-team deadline preview series (available to Front Office subscribers) continues with a look at the reigning World Series champions, who are laser-focused on defending their title. The Dodgers have again weathered a storm of pitching injuries to take control of the NL West, and at this point are looking primarily at adding a…...2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

Mark Hoffman / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Crew returns to American Family Field for final homestand of first half The Milwaukee Brewers are set to take on the Los Angeles Dodgers for three games in Milwaukee beginning Monday evening. The series marks the start of the last homestand in the first half for the Crew, as they’ll wrap up the week with the Nat...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 2, 2025

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images “Well, there is always next year,” Kansas City Royals fans have said for the past ten years. The Athletic’s latest power rankings feature Levi Weaver comparing today’s Kansas City Royals more to the 2023 squad than last year’s. [$] The stories of the Tigers and Royals were twin flames last year — two AL Central teams ascending from the mire to cla...2025
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• The best organization in baseball just won another World Series title

The Dodgers have been the cream of the crop in baseball for a long while, now. There’s no sign of that changing anytime soon, either. For the second time in five seasons, the Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions. For the first time since 1988, they’ll actually get to have the full treatment that comes with being World Series — meaning, the team and their fans will actually get to enjoy t...2024
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Fifty-Six Reasons to Pay Attention in Spring Training
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• Is There Anybody Left in Los Angeles Whom Yasiel Puig Hasn't Alienated?
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• Kirk Gibson on His Parkinson's Disease Fight: 'It's Not a Death Sentence'
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• 'An Absolute Blast': Harper and Trout Recall Days as Teammates in Fall League
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• The Cautionary Tale of Ken Caminiti: The Steroid Era's First Truth-Teller
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"A star outfielder to the NL West?"

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"The Padres clinched a playoff spot Tuesday night when they turned a triple play to preserve a 4-2 victory over the NL West-leading Dodgers."

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"0% according to FanGraphs) but you know they’d love to move up the Wild Card standings by taking the series from the Cubs at Wrigley: FanGraphs NL West Division odds as of 8."

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"LA secures its 10th straight trip to playoffs, eyes NL West title next"

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"Scherzer still needs to waive his no-trade rights, although recent reports suggested he’d be willing to do so to move to one of the NL West contenders."

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"Three NL West organizations are reportedly engaged with the Boston organization on the exceptional right fielder, adding to the intrigue."

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"Bumgarner is leaving San Francisco but staying in the NL West"

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"The longtime Dodgers catcher is returning to the NL West after spending the end of the 2016 campaign with the Phillies and 2017 with…"

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"Erick Aybar and Jose Pirela went deep on Sunday afternoon, sending the Padres to a 6-4 victory, their third over their NL West rivals in two days."

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"Dodgers rout D-backs with HR spree to keep pace in NL West"

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"The NL West leaders have won 16 of their last 20."

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"He was the guts of a team that was a surprise winner in the NL West."

• The biggest MLB draft busts for every NL West team

Let’s take a look at one player from each team in the National League West who was drafted early and turned out to be a bust....2025
• Dodgers Lose Max Muncy to IL Over Costly Oblique Injury Amid Padres Gaining Edge in NL West Race
The Los Angeles Dodgers have placed All-Star 3B Max Muncy on the IL due to a right oblique strain and have added a deadline-day acquiree to the active roster....2025
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• How Padres' Ramón Laureano, one of MLB trade deadline's best pickups, rediscovered his swing in resurgent year

Laureano has helped the Padres surge in the NL West...2025
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• Poll: Who Had The Best Deadline In The NL West?
The trade deadline has come and gone. While trade season was slow to get started this year, when all was said and done, there were several dozen trades made in a flurry of movement over the final few days before the deadline arrived. The full impact of these trades won’t be known for years to…...2025
• How the NL West was won? Why A.J. Preller's Padres went all-in at MLB trade deadline
Inside the bold deals that showed San Diego means business as it chases the defending champion Dodgers....2025
• Brewers pull off late deadline deals with NL West teams

The Milwaukee Brewers made a pair of late moves as the trade deadline closed....2025
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• Padres add payroll and strengthen the team

Nestor Cortes | Photo by Kylie Bridenhagen/MLB Photos via Getty Images Dylan Cease and Robert Suarez stay while Friars add The final moments of the trade deadline resulted in the Padres adding another starting pitcher to their rotation while holding on to Dylan Cease and Robert Suarez. They added two big bats, more bullpen talent, built bench strength and did nothing to reduce payroll. Th...2025
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• Tuesday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies need to be sellers at the trade deadline
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• Diamondbacks Open To Moving Both Zac Gallen, Merrill Kelly
The Diamondbacks remain a sub-.500 baseball team with just days to go until the trade deadline. They’re ten games back of the Dodgers in the NL West and six games out of a playoff spot, leaving them with minimal hope of a miracle run back into postseason contention. As a result, they’ve turned their attention…...2025
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• Playing GM for the Dodgers: Three trade deadline moves for reigning champions looking for World Series repeat

The Dodgers aren't running away with the NL West as expected but they're still focused on October...2025
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• Dave Roberts Wants to See Dodgers Do What Padres Do On Offense

The Los Angeles Dodgers mustered just five hits in their first two games against the San Diego Padres during this current series, resulting in two total runs scored and now sitting at second place in the NL West. Manager Dave Roberts, knowing that his team has the demonstrated skill to slug baseballs all over the …...2025
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• Padres add payroll and strengthen the team
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• Tuesday Rockpile: The Colorado Rockies need to be sellers at the trade deadline
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• Diamondbacks Open To Moving Both Zac Gallen, Merrill Kelly
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 2, 2025
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Dodgers

Kyle Teel has posted a 1.043 OPS in the last two weeks, and holds the highest batting average (.319) on the team this season. | Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images Shane Smith and the South Siders will take on Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the defending World Champions in a three-game set Coming off a series win, the White Sox (28-56) are heading to the City of Angels to take on the defending Worl...2025
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• Thursday Rockpile: Brenton Doyle’s struggles at the plate are becoming hard to ignore

Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, June 26, 2025 The Colorado Rockies have seemed reinvigorated recently. 5-5 in their last ten contests entering Wednesday’s affair with the Dodgers, the oppressive heat of June has seemed to bring with it optimism and better play from the residents of Coors Field. Players such as Jordan Beck and Tyler Freeman are prov...2025
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• Enough is enough for the Padres

Fernando Tatis Jr and Trainer Mark Rogow | Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Notes on Padres Week 12 A lot of the news is bad. The Padres played to a 2-5 record over the past seven days and currently stand at 40-35. They are in third place in the NL West, six games behind the Dodgers and 1.5 games behind the Giants. Their last seven games versus division rivals didn’t go very well. Alt...2025
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• Padres @ Dodgers June 19, 2025: Yamamoto looks to bounce back as the Dodgers go for the sweep
(Via Ken Lund) After disappointing results against the Cardinals (39-35) and Mets (45-29) in which the Dodgers (46-29) went 3-4 while looking sloppy and inconsistent, they’ve turned it around and dialed in their focus against their two closest challengers in the NL West. They took two of three against San Francisco (41-33) this past weekend, …...2025
• How do the Padres stay in contention?

Fernando Tatis Jr | Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images They aren't good enough right now The San Diego Padres are currently in third place in the NL West, 5 games back of the Dodgers with a 39-33 record. They have been struggling offensively since their fast start got them off to a 14-3 record. Over the past month the team has a .227 batting average, last in MLB. Their OBP, SLG and O...2025
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• Dave Roberts Sends Message to Dodgers Amid Struggles
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• Dave Roberts Believes Lack of Focus Led to Dodgers’ Offensive Slump
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• Rushing authors 1st signature MLB moment to help knot up NL West once again
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• Dodgers Lineup vs Rockies: Will Smith and Michael Conforto Out, Buddy Kennedy Starting
The Los Angeles Dodgers, fresh off a sweep of the division rival San Diego Padres, are looking to keep the momentum going as they take on another NL West foe in the Colorado Rockies. More news: Cy Young Winner Calls Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw ‘Best Pitcher of Our Generation’ The Dodgers are getting set for a …...2025
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• Padres add payroll and strengthen the team
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 2, 2025
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 80 thread: Yoshinobu Yamamoto vs. Chase Dollander

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images The Rockies have some momentum coming into tonight’s game. Can they win this time? The Colorado Rockies fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-7 last night mostly due to six unearned runs in the fourth inning, but they clawed their way back in the later innings to put themselves with two runs of the kings of the NL West. Unfortunately, they were not able to pull th...2025
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• Royals vs Padres Game 76 Gamethread

Jac Caglianone’s bat has woken up. | Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Some late-night, west coast baseball action. The 37-38 Royals bats have woken up. The Royals scored 6, 6, and 4 runs in their sweep of the Texas Rangers, but most importantly they started hitting home runs. Jac Caglianone finally got on the board with two home runs himself, including one on a pitch that was at neck level. The R...2025
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• 4 MLB teams who should be buyers at the trade deadline

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images With the MLB Trade Deadline approaching, here are 4 teams that should be buyers The stunning trade that sent Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants not only left Boston Red Sox fans looking for an explanation, but it kicked Major League Baseball’s trade season into high gear. With weeks to go until the Trade Deadline, all 30 teams are taking stock of where they...2025
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• Washington Nationals vs Colorado Rockies Game Thread

Washington Nationals shortstop CJ Abrams (5) reacts after hitting a double against the Miami Marlins during the first inning at Nationals Park. | Brad Mills-Imagn Images Washington is coming off four consecutive series losses and has continued to tumble down the standings, riding an eight-game losing streak. After a tough series against the Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, and New York Mets, W...2025
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• Dodgers rout D-backs with HR spree to keep pace in NL West
Starting pitcher Bud Norris lasted just one out, but that hardly mattered as an offensive outburst from the Dodgers covered an unexpected bullpen game in an 14-3 victory for Los Angeles on Sunday....2016
• Oh Maeda! Dodger outduels Shark, sinks SF
A pitchers duel went the Dodgers' way Sunday as Kenta Maeda shined yet again to continue an excellent start to his MLB career. With the 3-1 win, the Dodgers took the weekend series over the Giants and a division lead in the NL West....2016
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• Shark takes tough-luck loss vs. Maeda, LA
A pitchers duel went the Dodgers' way Sunday as Kenta Maeda shined yet again to continue an excellent start to his MLB career. With the 3-1 win, the Dodgers took the weekend series over the Giants and a division lead in the NL West....2016
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• Oh Maeda! Dodger outduels Shark, sinks SF
A pitchers duel went the Dodgers' way Sunday as Kenta Maeda shined yet again to continue an excellent start to his MLB career. With the 3-1 win, the Dodgers took the weekend series over the Giants and a division lead in the NL West....2016
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• Kershaw snags 14th win as LA edges closer to title
Clayton Kershaw limited the Rockies to three hits over seven innings, Justin Turner doubled home the tiebreaking run and Scott Schebler homered late in a 4-1 win Monday night that trimmed the Dodgers' magic number to 12. The NL West leaders have won 16 of their last 20....2015
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• Kershaw snags 14th win as LA edges closer to title
Clayton Kershaw limited the Rockies to three hits over seven innings, Justin Turner doubled home the tiebreaking run and Scott Schebler homered late in a 4-1 win Monday night that trimmed the Dodgers' magic number to 12. The NL West leaders have won 16 of their last 20....2015
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• Zack's gem helps LA keep firm grip on lead
Zack Greinke continued his dominance of National League hitters as he tossed eight three-hit innings to lead the Dodgers over the D-backs, 4-3, on Sunday afternoon at Chase Field. With the win, the Dodgers captured the series and maintained an 8 1/2-game lead over the second-place Giants in the NL West....2015
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• Greinke's gem helps LA keep firm grip on lead
Zack Greinke continued his dominance of National League hitters as he tossed eight three-hit innings to lead the Dodgers over the D-backs, 4-3, on Sunday afternoon at Chase Field. With the win, the Dodgers captured the series and maintained an 8 1/2-game lead over the second-place Giants in the NL West....2015
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• NL West Notes: Barnes, Tomas, Giants
When Dodgers GM Farhan Zaidi isn’t working to get an edge on rival teams, he’s trying to out-maneuver those within the organization in fantasy football, as Andy McCullough writes in a fun piece for the Los Angeles Times. Dodgers players are regretting their decision to allow the executive into the team’s league, it seems, as he…...2018
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Why Won't Anyone Take a Chance on Yoenis Cespedes?
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• Will Padres' Upton-Kemp-Myers Push to Win Now Pay off Big or Backfire?
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• Brandon McCarthy to Dodgers: Latest Contract Details, Comments, Reaction
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• Should the Dodgers Bench Yasiel Puig If He Keeps Up Vanishing Act?
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• Things to Do in Los Angeles for Dodgers Fans: Labor Day Weekend Starting August 29
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• NL West race heats up as Padres fire back at Dodgers

Get ready for a photo finish in the NL West....2025
• NL West Standings Update: What Division Looks Like After Dodgers Humiliated Padres
The Los Angeles Dodgers swept the Padres to grab the NL West lead and now face San Diego in a pivotal division matchup....2025
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• Padres’ Jackson Merrill Makes Frustrations Clear Following Unfortunate Turn of Events In Dodgers Series
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• Poll: Can The Padres Hold Onto The NL West?
It’s been a big week for baseball in California. After the Padres swept the Giants and the Angels swept the Dodgers, a new leader stood atop the NL West. The Padres had claimed sole possession of first, while the Dodgers slipped into second, one game back of San Diego. The playoff odds will tell you…...2025
• Padres surge ahead of Dodgers for first place in NL West: Four factors that could affect the division race

The Dodgers had a nine-game lead in the division on July 3...2025
• Effectively Wild Episode 2361: The Fleeting Tie

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the bounceback season of Trevor Rogers, the NL Cy Young race, career achievement awards, observations from a Shohei Ohtani start, the NL West race, and the significance of the Pohlads’ decision not to sell the Twins. Then (42:36) they answer listener emails about check-swing appeals, how the changing […]...2025
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• Padres surge into first-place division tie with Dodgers: Four factors that could affect the NL West race

The Dodgers had a nine-game lead in the division on July 3...2025
• Dodgers’ Rookie Roki Sasaki Develops Game-Changing Pitch Mix During 3-Month Rehab
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• NL West odds: Is there an opening for the Padres? Why Dodgers don't have the division locked up just yet

The Dodgers hold just a two-game lead over San Diego in the NL West...2025

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• Game Thread: White Sox at Dodgers
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• Thursday Rockpile: Brenton Doyle’s struggles at the plate are becoming hard to ignore
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• Rafael Devers trade: Red Sox fans, Dodgers among losers, 3 winners

David Butler II-Imagn Images Let’s parse the Rafael Devers trade between the Red Sox and Giants. More than a month ahead of the MLB Trade Deadline, we have our first big move. Big might be an understatement. After months of frustration with slugger Rafael Devers, the Boston Red Sox traded the star to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for LHP Kyle Harrison, RHP Jordan Hicks, Single-A OF ...2025
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• MLB Week 9 Hot or Not: Tarik Skubal presents his Cy Young case, Max Fried and Zach Wheeler struggle

Tarik Skubal throws the final strikeout of his first career complete game, against the Guardians on May 25. | Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images Pitching was all the buzz in the last week of May Week nine of the Hot or Not series is all about pitching — both dominant and faulty. This week’s recap covers the fifth full week of the season, May 25-31. AL West Hot: Jose Altuve Altuve ha...2025
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• MLB storylines to watch as Spring Training gets underway

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images There is no shortage of intrigue as baseball returns for the 2025 season. The Super Bowl is now more than a week in the rear view mirror and, for Eagles fans like myself, I’m still not done re-watching the highlights of their beatdown of the Chiefs. Not even close. But this week, full squad spring training workouts began around Major League Basebal...2025
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• Three questions A.J. Preller must answer before Opening Day

San Diego Padres closer Robert Suarez | Photo by Harry How/Getty Images The Padres have time to revamp the roster By making very few moves during the offseason, the San Diego Padres have dampened the hope of the Friar Faithful for the 2025 season. This reflects the current state of the franchise, and there is no point in debating the topic…or is there? The Padres 93-win 2024 season was dis...2025
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• Xander Bogaerts needs to win over San Diego

Xander Bogaerts | Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Entering his third year, X is still unproven Xander Bogaerts joined the San Diego Padres as a free agent in the 2022-23 offseason, signing a contract for 11 years and $280 million, which included a no-trade clause. People around San Diego and baseball wondered if he was worth such a contract because no one predicted he would receive such a...2025
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• Thursday Rockpile: Wait... the Rockies aren’t worse than the White Sox, right?

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, February 6, 2025 Earlier this week, we received one of the most-discussed pieces of the offseason cycle: the 2025 iteration of Baseball Prospectus’ PECOTA standings. Speculation abounds! These projections, while of course not iron-clad, are some of the most respected and studied in the baseball landscape, so ...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: How should Rockies fans manage expectations in 2025?

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, January 3, 2025 Another year is here and another season is on the horizon. While hope certainly springs eternal, it’s also important to adjust the hope settings to somewhere between “not as bad as the 2024 White Sox” and playoff contention. Last year, I turned to Clint Hurdle’s advice as my expectations guide...2025
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