For the tenth time since 2013, the Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League West; however, they were defeated by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the NL Division Series, resulting in yet another disappointing postseason loss.

It was the second year in a row that the Dodgers’ first-round playoff matchup was ended by an NL West rival.

Despite having a star-studded roster in 2022, when they set a team record with 111 victories, the Dodgers looked very different this year as a result of player departures and injuries from the previous summer.

Even though they depended on a number of rookies and unanticipated players during the season, the Dodgers were able to record triple-digit wins for the third consecutive year.

However, following their most recent sorrow in October, Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Times reports that a competitor executive asked whether the Dodgers team is suited for postseason success:

Is this a team assembled just for the regular season? The scout asked, “Or built for the postseason?” “That seems like a very legitimate question to ask.”

In their last 19 postseason games, the Dodgers have only gone 7-12 since winning the World Series in 2020. Their problems have been caused by a variety of factors, including situational hitting, weak starting pitching, team-wide offensive slumps, and underwhelming performances by key players.

As Clayton Kershaw, Bobby Miller, and Lance Lynn all struggled against the Diamondbacks in this year’s NLDS, the starting rotation was perhaps the team’s biggest weakness.

With an undisclosed left shoulder issue sidelining Kershaw, Miller had made 22 MLB starts, while Lynn had struggled since joining the Dodgers at the trade deadline.

In addition to the troubles of the starting rotation, the Dodgers lineup managed just six runs in three NLDS games. Together, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman had a 1-for-21 batting average.

Andrew Friedman and Scout didn’t agree on the Dodgers’ NLDS concerns.
The opposing scout didn’t agree with Andrew Friedman, president of baseball operations, either, on how the Dodgers were doing in the NLDS.

Friedman remarked that their offense was their undoing and called the defeat an “organizational failure.” The scout attributed the team’s early postseason exit to its pitching problems.