For as long as I can remember, the Dodgers and the Giants have been fighting for first place in the National League West. I’ve grown up with the certainty that as good as the Dodgers are, the Giants will always be close behind, but that is simply no longer true. The 2017 Dodgers have proven that they are the team to beat not only in the West but all of baseball.
One of the many reasons the Dodgers have taken off this season is because all the pieces are finally falling into place. The Chicago Cubs didn’t get stronger immediately after Theo Epstein took the reigns, but he, like the Dodgers front office, had a plan.