The Los Angeles Dodgers have won the National League pennant in each of the last two seasons, reached three straight NL Championship Series and have won the NL West in each of the past six years. The team does not have many glaring flaws.
One of its biggest deficiencies during the Dave Roberts era, though, has been an inability to hit left-handed pitching. The Dodgers performed significantly worse against lefties in both 2016 and 2018, so much so that postseason opponents routinely tried to exploit that platoon disadvantage.
The Dodgers’ offense relies on the likes Cody Bellinger, Corey Seager and Max Muncy — and Adrian Gonzalez before them — all of whom hit from the left side.