Padres host Dodgers to start 3-game series
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Just like last weekend, the Dodgers and the Padres square off for first place in the NL West. This time, in San Diego.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are set to receive the perfect boost to their roster just in time for the home stretch of the season.
The San Diego Padres have taken sole possession of the NL West heading into their showdown with the Los Angeles Dodgers this weekend. Mookie Betts joins the show. The Good, The Bad and The Uggla has burgers, bets and a Bob. Jake and Jordan discuss all of this and more to close out your week on Baseball Bar-B-Cast.
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News Analysis: The Dodgers have an outfield problem. But do they have the options to fix it?
With Teoscar Hernández struggling defensively and Michael Conforto being a liability on offense, the Dodgers are exploring their outfield options.
Mookie Betts was sitting on the couch in the visitors’ clubhouse at Coors Field after the Dodgers salvaged a split of their four-game series with the Rockies with a 9-5 victory on Thursday.
Shohei Ohtani took a 93-mph line drive to his right thigh, requiring a mound visit from trainers during a Los Angeles Dodgers loss to the Colorado Rockies.
Smith led all NL hitters with a .304 average going into Thursday’s games, but Trea Turner, teammate Freeman and Xavier Edwards are all close behind. It’s familiar territory for Freeman.
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SB Nation on MSNDodgers notes: Freddie Freeman, Clayton Kershaw, Padres series
Freddie Freeman has endured the most frustrating year in his time with the Dodgers, although a .303 batting average would say otherwise. Freeman began the year leading the National League with a .374 batting average after May 31.