The Los Angeles Dodgers spent most of the 2021 season looking up at San Francisco in the standings, with the Giants ultimately pulling off a massive upset by winning the NL West crown. On Wednesday, the Dodgers showed they had no interest in watching that story play out again. Los […]
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Dodgers Going with Knebel, Giants Starting Webb in Decisive Game 5 of NLDS
Julio Urias won 20 games for the Los Angeles Dodgers this year, and will likely pitch plenty against the San Francisco Giants in Game 5 of the NLDS on Thursday. But it will be 29-year-old Corey Knebel who takes the mound to start the win-or-go-home game for the Dodgers. The […]
Best of the West: Giants, Dodgers Clash in NLDS Showdown Between MLB’s Top Teams
The San Francisco Giants finished the regular season with 107 wins, while the Los Angeles Dodgers put up 106 victories of their own. But all that success will come to an early end for one of them, as the MLB playoff structure has pitted the two powerhouse teams from California […]
NL West Odds: Giants, Dodgers Dueling to Avoid Nightmare Wild-Card Game After 100-Win Season
The San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers have both clinched playoff spots. Barring a complete collapse, each will easily win more than 100 games in the regular season. Yet, only one team can win the NL West, while the other faces a dangerous one-game, wild-card playoff if it wants […]
Padres, Dodgers Fighting for NL West, Best Record in MLB After Long Winning Streaks
The highly anticipated battle between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres for the NL West title has finally come to fruition, as both teams have put together long winning streaks to compile the two best records in the majors. San Diego has won its last nine games, […]
Are the NL West Leading San Francisco Giants Real Contenders? Oddsmakers Still Have Doubts
The Los Angeles Dodgers came into the 2021 season as the clear favorites to win the NL West. The San Diego Padres expected to push the Dodgers and emerge as World Series contenders as well. But one month into the season, it’s the San Francisco Giants who sit atop the […]
San Diego Padres Only Threat to Los Angeles Dodgers in NL West Race
The Los Angeles Dodgers come into the 2021 season as the defending World Series champions, and as the consensus best team in baseball. That should make them an easy pick to win the NL West, except for one thing: the second-best team in the league might just be the San […]
San Francisco Giants Relocating On-Field Bullpens to Outfield, Also Possibly Move in Fences?
The San Francisco Giants are renovating Oracle Park and moving the on-field bullpens to the outfield, according to SF Giants president of baseball operations,Farhan Zaidi. The Giants are also considering other renovations by moving in the fences in right field to make Oracle Ballpark more hitter friendly. Oracle Park is […]
SF Giants Skipper Bruce Bochy Becomes 11th Manager in MLB History with 2000 Wins
Less than two weeks before retirement, Bruce Bochy won his 2,000th game as a manager when the San Francisco Giants defeated the Boston Red Sox 11-3 at Fenway Park in Boston. Bochy became the 11th manager to win at least 2,000 games. The other ten managers are all in the […]