The Los Angeles Dodgers have 17 games left in the regular season and are up two games over the San Diego Padres in the division.
According to ESPN’s MLB predictions for the remainder of the year, LA was voted by a heavy majority to take home their 12th division crown in 13 years.
With the countless injuries that the Dodgers have undergone to both the pitching roster and mainstays of the batting order, it finally looks like LA is turning a corner and looking more like the defending champions of the baseball world.
Even during the Dodgers’ most recent slump to kick off September, the Padres had a losing skid of their own that coincided with the end of August and into the first week of the new month.