The red-hot Dodgers are on track for their 10th division title in 11 years, while the big-spending Padres have faltered in the NL West.
. Locked up Yu Darvish to a $108 million extension. And even out-bid the Yankees for Aaron Judge, only for him to return to New York.
All of the Dodgers have done since the games started is win, showing heart, resiliency, tenacity and a clubhouse culture that is the envy of all of baseball. Says Padres right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr.: “Those guys, they just don’t go away. They do this every single year." Can you imagine these Dodgers if they get Shohei Ohtani this winter? Shortstop Gavin Lux and starters Dustin May and Walker Buehler will return from injury – as another wave of young talent emerges from their deep farm system.“It’s just amazing what they do," says veteran Padres starter Rich Hill, who pitched 3 ½ years for the Dodgers. “They identify what guys do well, and have them do what they do best.
Veteran reliever Ryan Brasier was released 10 weeks ago by the Boston Red Sox with a 7.29 ERA and 1.571 WHIP. These days, he added a cutter, and has a 1.27 ERA with the Dodgers and a .0797 WHIP. “The moment I walked into the clubhouse in spring training, you feel comfortable, and you start tapping into the culture and everything here. There’s no selfishness. Everyone is together. There’s so much energy. It’s about how are we going to work as a team to win?’.
This is a team where no one is unafraid to speak up. When they lost two of three games to the lowly Kansas City Royals five weeks ago, it was infielder Miguel Rojas, who joined the Dodgers from the Miami Marlins in spring training, who privately called them out in a team meeting. When All-Star first baseman Freddie Freeman noticed that too many teammates were sulking after an at-bat and staring at their iPad on the bench, he told them to watch the game.
“We may not win 111 games this year, but it’s just such a close-knit group that’s playing together, pulling together, and you’ve got to give the front office a lot of credit for doing their homework and making sure the right pieces fit into the puzzle.’’ – If the Minnesota Twins somehow are overtaken by the Cleveland Guardians and miss the playoffs, Rocco Baldelli’s future becomes awfully cloudy.– The San Diego Padres are aggressively trying to sign Juan Soto to a contract extension, just as they have all season, before having to make a decision this winter whether to keep him or risk losing him as a free agent after 2024.
“I wouldn’t call it that, we were just losing, and obviously, it didn’t work out," Lynn told USA TODAY Sports. ‘We underachieved as a team. We all could have played better. But when I look at their future, there’s a lot of talented players. I think [manager] Pedro [Grifol] is good at what he does, but it just takes time for guys to understand what’s expected of them. There were a lot of first-time things come at him at once. I think he’s got all of the right tools.
Teams who were looking for a manager last winter have to be embarrassed they didn’t at least interview Bochy. Atlanta surpassed the 1944 Cincinnati Reds by having four players play in all 114 games this season. The record is 156 games by the 1904 Boston Americans. Take a bow, Ronald Acuña Jr., Austin Riley, Matt Olson and Ozzie Albies.
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