As the Dodgers attained their 80th victory of the season on August 15th, a full 114 games into the season, there is simply one word that describes their performance: “dominance.” The kind of dominance that ranks up there with some of the greatest teams in baseball history.
They’ve done it with major injuries that would have decimated most teams.
Kershaw has had two IL stints, and who knows when he will return. Team ace (at the start of the year), Walker Buehler is out for the season, and probably next, Dustin May still hasn’t yet appeared. Blake Treinen was only with them for a little over a month.