
Miller and Pepiot seem primed to take over spots in the rotation when Kershaw and Anderson exit. One day, Justin Turner will retire from baseball and probably manage a team because he’d be phenomenal. 408 wOBA /taCYu1vnil- Blake Harris August 21, 2022 The offense from top-to-bottom has produced at an elite clip and is a key reason for their success.ĭodgers top prospect Diego Cartaya has officially played 162 games in his minor league careerġ42 wRC+ |. 271/.362/.504 slash line in his limited playing time. The acquisition of Trayce Thompson may go down as the most underrated move LA has made this season, with Thompson posting a. The re-arrival of Max Muncy over the last month (.267/.353/.581 with seven home runs) has been a welcome impact to the lineup. 270/.355/.470 line with 21 doubles, 18 home runs, and 73 RBI’s hitting in the cleanup spot. Will Smith deserves some love for some of the assistance outside of the top three hitters, posting a. That total is ranked 12th in the league, so even at their worst LA is still ranking above average in the category. While LA ranks first in five crucial offensive categories, their only minor flaw offensively is striking out. If you average out those numbers, you get a player with 143 hits, 33 doubles, 20 homers, 75 RBI’s, and 13 stolen bases to go with a. Mookie Betts, Trea Turner, and Freddie Freeman have combined this season for 429 hits, 100 doubles, 61 home runs, 226 RBI’s, and 41 stolen bases. For starters, their top three hitters in their lineup have helped set them up beautifully for the league lead in OPS (.790), OBP (.338), SLG (.452), Runs (664), and RBI’s (632). It is worth investigating exactly how Los Angeles has gotten to this point of being a nearly unstoppable force. So there’s that.- Howard Cole August 19, 2022 Still, the Dodgers are primed to make a run at the record. The Dodgers will also host a Cardinals team they took two games of three from in July at Busch Stadium. LA has a three-game stretch on the road in New York against the Mets August 30th through September 1st that should be a playoff atmosphere. What may be even more favorable for LA is that nine of those games are against a Padres team that they have absolutely dominated this season. In other words, they have a real chance at reaching the record. With an 86-37 record, LA has 39 games remaining, meaning only 15 games will be against teams remotely near their caliber of play.

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500, including a six-game series to close out the regular season at home against the Colorado Rockies. The Dodgers have 24 games remaining on the season against teams under. If they keep that up over the final 39 games (30-9), they’ll match MLB’s all-time wins record of 116- Jack Harris August 25, 2022

Final: Dodgers 12, Brewers 6 #Dodgers are 86-37
