Exactly How Good Is the Dodgers’ Starting Rotation?

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Perhaps the more relative question is exactly how good has the Dodgers‘ rotation been lately?

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Dodgers Look to Clinch Division at Home Against Giants

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The Dodgers‘ seventh straight NL West division Clinchmas is so close, they can smell it. Their magic number sits at four, so they need a little help from the Cincinnati Reds if they want to clinch at home. The Arizona Diamondbacks are visiting Cincinnati, so all Dodger fans will be Reds fans this weekend hoping the Boys in Blue can celebrate at Chavez Ravine.

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A Quick Look at the Remainder of the 2019 Regular-Season Schedule

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Entering this weekend’s series against the Giants, the Dodgers have exactly 20 games remaining. As far as the race with the Braves for home-field advantage in the NL playoffs goes, perhaps the most advantageous thing for Los Angeles is that just five of those 20 contests are against teams with winning records.

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Highlighting Several of September’s Potential Roster Battles

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Besides the discussions about how close the Dodgers and the Braves are for home-field advantage throughout the National league playoffs, one other hot topic gaining momentum is which players will be included on the Los Angeles NLDS roster to begin the postseason.

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Dodgers Prospect Watch: 17-Year-Old Diego Cartaya Gaining Ground

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If you were fortunate enough to catch the Dodgers‘ series opener against the Rockies on Monday, not only did you see the impressive debut of infield prospect Gavin Lux, but you also witnessed a starting lineup that featured an impressive seven homegrown products from the Los Angeles farm.

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Gavin Lux to Make Dodgers Debut

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September has finally come. (Hopefully) gone are the days of the Dodgers and their mediocre and seemingly uninspired ways. Late August is usually not kind to the Dodgers, but it’s time to move on and gear up for the playoffs.

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Dodgers Expanded Roster: First Wave of Reinforcements Arrives in Arizona

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It isn’t an overwhelming number of players, but the first wave of September roster reinforcements has arrived in Arizona ahead of the series finale against the Diamondbacks on Sunday.

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Dodgers Roster: Will Tony Gonsolin Play a Role in 2019 Postseason?

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With all the chatter lately about the playoffs and the Dodgers, you’d never know that the beginning of the 2019 NLDS is more than four weeks away.

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Greater Worry—Max Muncy or Hyun-Jin Ryu?

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As has long been tradition with such a storied organization, the Dodgers have one of the best, if not the best pitching staff in the Major Leagues. The Dodgers have a League leading 3.39 ERA, lowest WHIP at 1.11, and have given up the least amount of earned runs.

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7 Players Will Represent Dodgers in 2019 Arizona Fall League

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Even though the regular-season schedules of the Dodgers‘ minor league affiliates will be ending in the next several weeks, seven players will continue to compete in the 2019 Arizona Fall League, a showcase which features some of the best young starts in baseball.

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