The State of the Dodgers

After losing the series 2-1 last weekend to the Dark Side the Dodgers are in fine shape. The hitters have been in a funk since after the All-Star Break, but it hard to keep focused when you are 20+ games ahead of the nearest team in your division and are about to clinch a playoff spot in August.

Dave Roberts has dialed-down the intensity and is resting players as much as possible… even encouraging them to come late to the ballpark and skip BP. The Dodgers are on Auto-Pilot for the next two weeks. It’s just impossible to maintain the intensity every day. If they did, they would be mentally exhausted by the playoffs. So, you are going to see some good things followed by bad things for the next…