Many positives have come out of the 2018 season, but you have to able to take both the good and the bad. It would be foolish to go into a season thinking everything will be smooth sailing. Luckily the Dodgers have had enough depth and positive performances to somewhat cancel out the negatives and help them end the first half atop of the division.
After all, the Dodgers felt the ultimate disappointment in 2017 falling in 7 games to the eventual world champion Astros. Sorry for bringing this back up, but watching Bregman and Springer go yard off of Ross Stripling in the All-Star game opened up those somewhat healed wounds.