Don Mattingly was at the helm as manager when the Los Angeles Dodgers began their unprecedented run of National League West division titles. When the stretch began in 2013, the Dodgers needed a historic 42-8 stretch to pull themselves up from the bottom of the standings.
That remarkable run was bested by the 2017 Dodgers who went 43-7 en route to leading the Majors with 104 wins and claiming a fifth consecutive NL West title. The Dodgers went into this season with an expectation they would once again finish atop the division standings.
And though they got off to the worst 40-game start since 1958, the organization’s first season in Los Angeles, manager Dave Roberts has maintained confident in his club.