Official Site of the Giants · Sep 6, 2018
5 pressing questions in NL West
There's no need to manufacture drama or reasons to watch the National League West this year. It's been -- from top to bottom -- arguably baseball's most consistently watchable division over the past five months.
It may be down to a three-team race with 3 1/2 weeks remaining (though don't tell the Giants that), but there are things to keep an eye on with all five clubs. Here is one question to be answered down the stretch for each team.
D-backs
The question: What do they do in the late innings?
The D-backs thought they had one of baseball's best late-inning duos in Brad Boxberger and Archie Bradley. In the first half, they may have been right. Lately, that's not so clear.