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Dodgers News: Latest Power Rankings Support LA Dominance Over MLB

The Dodgers remain the class of Major League Baseball.

Ryan Menzie

Dodgers News: Latest Power Rankings Support LA Dominance Over MLB
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All the Dodgers do is win, sort of. Since dropping the series to the Mets, the Dodgers have won seven of their last nine games which has been enough to keep them at the top spot in this week's MLB power rankings.

The glaring problems within the Dodgers roster still remain on Chris Taylor, who is slowly recovering from his foot and elbow injuries, and Cody Bellinger, who recorded his first hit after going hitless eight games in a row with 22 at-bats.

Taylor is slowly getting back into the groove with four hits, including one home run and two RBI's in his last three starts.

Even with the obvious issues and health concerns heading into the postseason, the Dodgers still show why they are the most dominant team in the MLB (quotes via Grant Brisbee and Chad Jennings, The Athletic).

'These are not big problems. The Dodgers haven’t had a big problem since 2013, give or take. Even when they have a problem that would decimate another team — Walker Buehler needing Tommy John surgery, for example — they win and win and win and win and win. If their current winning percentage holds, a 106-win season will be their worst in the last four seasons. That’s the disappointing one!'

What makes the Dodgers taking the top rankings this week so obvious is their ability to overcome adversity and crushing their opponents in a scary way. The Dodgers have allowed 446 runs this season, 100 less than the second-best unit in the NL (New York Mets), and have scored 756 runs, 50 more than the second-best scoring offense in the league (New York Yankees).

Watch out for the Dodgers in October. 

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Ryan Menzie
RYAN MENZIE

Ryan Menzie | Lead Contributor Ryan is an LA Native who has grown up praising the greatest athletes LA has had to offer. A love for sports ranging between basketball, football, volleyball and golf, a future Sports Management Masters graduate, and being engulfed into organized sports since seven years old, the passion and love for sports never ends for Ryan. If the words he writes don't paint the full picture of his true fandom, he will find more ways than one to tell the story and be more than willing to open up a nice LA sports debate with you. Favorite Player: Mookie Betts Favorite Moment: 2020 World Series. The Lakers won the NBA title and the Dodgers secured the World Series only a couple of months later. During such a rough time with COVID-19 and such a bleak look at how sports has tried to overcome the circumstances, it was a relief to see the night sky lit up for many nights and a makeshift parade in LA when it seemed like we needed it the most.

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