BY J.A. SCHWARTZ The Los Angeles Dodgers are the two-time champions of baseball, giving them a chance to do something that hasn’t been done this century: Win three straight titles. The last team to do so was the 1998-2000 New York Yankees. Before the Yankees dynasty, the Oakland A’s won …
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BY J.A. SCHWARTZ On Opening Day 2024, when the Padres and Dodgers kicked off the season in Seoul, South Korea, seven of the nine players on the field for San Diego had played shortstop at some point in their careers, and most had played more than 100 games as professionals …
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By J.A. SCHWARTZ Padres General Manager A.J. Preller and the Major League Baseball trade deadline are clearly made for each other. Preller, who famously gets by on fewer hours sleep than most of his peers, made several high-impact trades that offloaded a plethora of minor league talent to bolster a …
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BY J.A. SCHWARTZ Following up yesterday’s AL Preview, here’s our evaluation of the National League’s postseason picture: National League West Champions:-Los Angeles Dodgers #1 seed Los Angeles clinched their third straight NL West title, assuring them a twelfth consecutive postseason berth, leading the majors in wins with 98 that will …
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BY J.A. SCHWARTZ The 2021 World Series Champion Atlanta Braves have staged another second half rally, overtaking the New York Mets in the final week of the season to win the National League East after trailing the Mets by 10.5 games on June 1st, and by 6.5 games as recently …
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BY J.A. SCHWARTZ In his first season as manager of the Padres, Bob Melvin recently had the very delicate task of navigating a major league locker room full of players fraught with anxiety as the trade deadline approached. General Manager A. J. Preller, who is among the most driven and …
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BY J.A. SCHWARTZ The National League West was home to the two best teams in the majors last year during the regular season. The San Francisco Giants set a franchise record with 107 wins, and won the division by a single game over the Dodgers. The Giants finally wrested the …
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