Last year, Cody Bellinger, as a rookie, joined an underperforming Dodgers team and helped sparked a historic run with his explosive bat. In 2013, Yasiel Puig, as a rookie as well, did the same thing. This year, the Dodgers are an early-season underwhelming bunch once again, and the offense is not helping.
Heading into Friday night’s game, they were around league-average regarding runs scored per game at 4.5 runs a game, and even those numbers are a bit inflated due to a few, explosions. The series sweep over the Padres is looking less and less like a slump-buster for the Dodgers but shines more light on how bad the Padres are.