The Dodgers and Padres will go head-to-head this evening to start a 3-game series in Los Angeles. It will be the first time these 2 NL West teams have met up since the trade deadline, in which San Diego went wild with their prospect spending. They acquired guys like Josh Bell, Brandon Drury, Josh Hader, and of course Juan Soto.
It will be the start of a renewed intensity between the 2 teams. The Padres trail the Dodgers by 12.5 games heading into Friday night, so this series has a lot of implications for October. They’ll meet up a total of 12 times between now and the end of the season.