El lanzador de los Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani, está a punto de cerrar un acuerdo con los Rangers.
The Dodgers dominate the Rangers and make franchise history.
There was speculation about the Los Angeles Dodgers (42-26) being vulnerable when they lost five straight games against clubs that were below.500 in May. After their recent upsurge, capped off by a road series victory against the American League-leading New York Yankees this past weekend, such doubt feels like a lifetime ago. Against the reigning champs on Tuesday, LA continued to press the offensive.
With a 7-1 lead in the sixth inning, Teoscar Hernandez, Jason Heyward, Freddie Freeman, and Shohei Ohtani unleashed a historic home run barrage in Dodger Stadium, leading The Boys in Blue. The bashers sent Texas into an apparently never-ending nightmare and thrust LA into rarefied air.
According to MLB.com’s Sarah Langs, the Dodgers’ four home runs in one inning tie a franchise record. When Andrew Friedman, the president of baseball operations, added players to an already loaded roster during the summer, this is the squad that other fans feared.
The Dodgers are returning to their best.
Bombardments such as this one are rare in the major leagues, but they serve as a demonstration of what this machine can achieve when its lineup is clicking at full tilt. Although the threats posed by the top of the order are well known, the 6–9 hitters are more unpredictable, particularly with Max Muncy sidelined. Five-time Gold Glover Heyward, 2020 World Series champion Gavin Lux, rookie Andy Pages, and utility infielder Miguel Rojas are the players manager Dave Roberts is counting on to balance the attack.
The stars of the Dodgers are ready to continue tormenting the rest of the league in the interim. With 17 and 16 home runs, respectively, Teoscar Hernandez and Shohei Ohtani are ranked second and third in the National League. Mookie Betts is maybe the team’s best all-around player in 2024 (3.6 WAR), Will Smith is a highly productive catcher, and Freddie Freeman is a doubles monster who is getting close to a.300 batting average.
With three consecutive incredible seasons and the richest deal in MLB history, Ohtani is naturally the star, but Los Angeles has a team that can overwhelm opponents in a number of ways. The Dodgers’ series opener against the Rangers might have easily been mistaken for batting practice.
Fans, however, have already watched this film. Despite the abbreviated 2020 season, NL West dominance (they presently lead the San Diego Padres by seven and a half games) and individual superstardom will rule supreme until LA rolls into October.
By 2024, Los Angeles hopes to improve its image.
Even if nobody will be able to recover the Dodgers’ most recent World Series rings, a championship in a complete season is the very least that can be anticipated given the team’s history of success and roster talent. Many people can’t bear to wait until the playoffs for the hype to be justified, but the team can amuse supporters in the interim with monumental performances like Tuesday’s.
June will provide the Dodgers with lots of opportunities to destroy additional teams because of their relatively easy schedule. At 10:10 p.m. ET on Wednesday, they take on the Rangers in an attempt to seal the series. And LA wants to be the one to take the throne ultimately.
