The Dodgers’ pursuit of a fifth straight National League West division title will be challenged by the Colorado Rockies and the Arizona Diamondbacks this season, in what could be a three-way dogfight down the stretch. This makes for some good baseball.
There’s still plenty of time for the Rockies and D-backs to regress from their strong starts to the year, but the Dodgers know that they have been playing good baseball as well. Recently, however, the Dodgers have pulled ahead in the NL West division race. After completing a three-game sweep of the Rockies, they are 2 1/2 games ahead of Arizona and 4 1/2 in front of Colorado.