2018 has been a roller coaster. With a Dodger team seemingly hungover early on in the season after a gut-wrenching Word Series loss to end 2017, since falling to 10 games under .500 in Miami (16-26), business has picked up for the boys in blue. Since that 16-26 record, the Dodgers ended the first half with a 37-17 run and placed themselves atop of the NL West.
Dodger fans were spoiled last season with the division never really being close last season. In 2017 the Dodgers went into the break with a 7.5 game lead in the West and by the end of July, they were up 14 games.