
Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
Dodgers swept Padres and shut them out all 3 games.
Yasiel Puig looks the best he has since 2013.
Reportedly the improvement in Puig was due to him "toning down" the offseason workouts. The Dodgers actually asked him to be LESS muscular, as he bulked up too much and it made him slow and injury-prone, So he did that, and now he's playing a lot better. If Puig, Pederson, and Seager keep hitting, this will be a very tough offense.
Kazmir and Maeda, both of whom I was skeptical of, looked great in their first starts. But this was against the Padres, who have a horrendous offense.
I am reserving judgment on the rotation until they play some teams with good bats.
The Giants are one of them, so we will see how this next series goes.