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Sizing up the NL West: What are the biggest strengths and weaknesses of the Dodgers, Padres, Giants and D-backs?

Through one month of the MLB season, four of the best squads in MLB reside in the same division

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It’s just two games, but the pair of contests between the Padres and Giants this week in San Diego represent the earliest intradivision clash in what projects to be one of the most compelling storylines of the 2025 season: the battle for the NL West.

This is a division that featured the four best records in MLB three weeks into the season, an astonishing reality even considering the modest early sample.