LOS ANGELES AT ARIZONA - The Los Angeles Dodgers have underwhelmed on the road for most of the season, but their improvement of late could bode well for the playoffs.
Diamondbacks not anti-analytics; they're crunching numbers like rest of MLB - Diamondbacks general manager Dave Stewart seemed to draw a line in the sand against analytics last January, saying the team appealed to free-agent right-hander James Shields because of its old-school ways.
Arizona Diamondbacks' Aaron Blair leads pitching prospects - Like most aspects of the Diamondbacks' season, the development of their young starting pitching has been something of a mixed bag, with some prospects taking steps forward, others going backward, and some, such as right-hander Archie Bradley, doing a little of both.