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The Los Angeles Dodgers have received the NL West for the eleventh time in 12 years after Thursday’s 7-2 win over the San Diego Padres.
The work nonetheless is not achieved for the Dodgers within the common season. They maintain a one-game lead over the Philadelphia Phillies for home-field benefit within the NL postseason.
Philadelphia received 5 of six conferences between the 2 golf equipment this season, so within the occasion they end with an identical data, the Phillies would get the tiebreaker.
The Dodgers will play three video games towards the Colorado Rockies in Denver this weekend, whereas the Phillies will journey to Washington D.C. for a sequence with the Nationals.
L.A. received the West from 2013-2020. A 107-win season from the San Francisco Giants prevented the 106-win Dodgers from locking up the division in 2021.
Now the Dodgers will search for their twenty fifth NL pennant, eighth World Sequence title and first of every since 2020.
This is a have a look at the present playoff matchups and bracket if the season ended as we speak in addition to up-to-date standings.
Projected MLB Playoff Bracket
- AL Wild Card Sequence: No. 3 Houston Astros vs. No. 6 Kansas Metropolis Royals; No. 4 Baltimore Orioles vs. No. 5 Detroit Tigers
- NL Wild Card Sequence: No. 3 Milwaukee Brewers vs. No. 6 Arizona Diamondbacks; No. 4 San Diego Padres vs. No. 5 New York Mets
- First-Spherical Byes: No. 1 New York Yankees and No. 2 Cleveland Guardians (American League); No. 1 Los Angeles Dodgers and No. 2 Philadelphia Phillies (Nationwide League)
- New York Yankees (93-66); clinched division
- Baltimore Orioles (88-71, 5 GB); clinched playoff berth
- Boston Purple Sox (80-79, 13 GB)
- Tampa Bay Rays (78-81, 15 GB)
- Toronto Blue Jays (74-85, 19 GB)
- Cleveland Guardians (92-67); clinched division
- Kansas Metropolis Royals (85-74, 7 GB)
- Detroit Tigers (85-74, 7 GB)
- Minnesota Twins (82-77, 10 GB)
- Chicago White Sox (39-120, 53 GB)
- Houston Astros (86-73); clinched division
- Seattle Mariners (82-77, 4 GB)
- Texas Rangers (75-84, 11 GB)
- Oakland Athletics (69-90, 17 GB)
- Los Angeles Angels (63-96, 23 GB)
- Philadelphia Phillies (94-65); clinched division
- New York Mets (87-70, 6 GB)
- Atlanta Braves (86-71, 7 GB)
- Washington Nationals (69-90, 25 GB)
- Miami Marlins (59-100, 35 GB)
- Milwaukee Brewers (91-68); clinched division
- St. Louis Cardinals (81-78, 10 GB)
- Chicago Cubs (81-78, 10 GB)
- Cincinnati Reds (76-83, 15 GB)
- Pittsburgh Pirates (74-85, 17 GB)
- Los Angeles Dodgers (95-64); clinched division
- San Diego Padres (91-68, 4 GB); clinched playoff berth
- Arizona Diamondbacks (88-71, 4 GB)
- San Francisco Giants (79-80, 16 GB)
- Colorado Rockies (61-98, 34 GB)
The Dodgers entered the common season because the clear World Sequence favourite after buying generational expertise Shohei Ohtani by way of free company. However L.A. additionally loaded up its pitching workers, buying and selling for Tampa Bay Rays starter Tyler Glasnow and including Japanese professional baseball star Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
Ohtani has been the whole lot as marketed after which some en path to a sure third MVP award. He grew to become the primary participant in MLB historical past to amass 50 or extra house runs and 50 or extra stolen bases in the identical season.
He is been the catalyst for the Dodgers’ success amidst a season that has seen a bunch of gamers land on the injured record. Mookie Betts missed two months with a fractured left hand, and Max Muncy sat three months with a strained indirect.
Gavin Stone is likely out for the yr with shoulder soreness, and Walker Buehler has missed time as a result of Tommy John surgical procedure after which a proper hip damage.
The primary pitching constants this season have been out of the bullpen. Specifically, Alex Vesia, Daniel Hudson and Blake Treinen have fared fairly properly to assist L.A. kind top-of-the-line reduction staffs within the bigs.
Regardless of the rotating pitching crew, the batting lineup has nonetheless excelled. Ohtani has turned in one other large yr, however Will Smith, Freddie Freeman, Teoscar Hernández and Mookie Betts all made the All-Star Recreation. They’ve all been the catalysts for a strong offense that is second within the Nationwide League in OPS and No. 1 in house runs.
Finally, the Dodgers seem like powerhouses as soon as once more heading into the playoffs regardless of the pitching considerations. They might very properly slug their solution to one other World Sequence, led by playoff newcomer Ohtani. L.A. has struggled up to now regardless of coming into the playoffs as favorites, however this yr may very properly be completely different with a generational expertise aboard.
