The Dodgers finish the first half of the season in the place they expected to be, first place. Although they were able to finish the first half in first place, it took a lot of hard work to get to this point. It wasn’t too long ago that the Dodgers were sitting in last place in the NL West with a 16-26 record. Since then, the Dodgers have been one of the best teams in baseball, despite having to go through stretches without key players.
With key players such as Corey Seager and Justin Turner out for significant parts of the first half, the Dodgers had to stay afloat by surprise contributions from all across their depth chart.