Observations from Dodgers Spring Training 10 Games In
L.A. sits 4-6, with 17 days to Tokyo.
With victories Friday and Saturday, the Dodgers improved their preseason record to 4-6. If you care about such things, the team is tied for 11th place in the Cactus League standings, five games back of the 8-0 Cubs, their season-opening opponent in the March 18/19 Tokyo Series. Los Angeles sports baseball’s 23rd best spring record, or the seventh worst, depending on your perspective. If you care about such things.
You probably shouldn’t care (much) about such things. Because, as I’m frequently told, “it’s only Spring Training,” “guys are just getting their work in,” “they’re shaking off the cobwebs,” “the kids are all right,” etc., etc., etc. The same is true for all 30 clubs, of course, many of whom are playing better ball, none of whom are looking at a possible $400 million payroll.
What matters most on March 1st, however, is the status of rehabilitating and generally injury-prone players. The Dodgers are mostly healthy. Shohei Ohtani, looking to
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