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Craig Kimbrel allowed a go-ahead home run Thursday night in a game the Dodgers came back to win anyway. But manager Dave Roberts was as publicly critical of a player as he gets, saying "We've got to have our best guys at the back end" when asked about Kimbrel's bullpen role. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With two weeks remaining in the Dodgers’ season, we look back at contributions from various players and decide who should be the team’s Most Valuable Player, a choice that came down to Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dustin May was bad for the third start out of his last four, and has been erratic in his first six starts back from Tommy John surgery, with an abnormally high walk rate and poor command. He joins a growing list of Dodgers pitching unknowns as they get ready for October, with question marks surrounding Tony Gonsolin, Blake Treinen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look back at Dodgers pitcher Johnny Rutherford, who pitched one season in the majors in 1952 and started and won the pennant-clinching game for Brooklyn that season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Dodgers won their 102nd game and clinched a bye into the National League Division Series. Clayton Kershaw will be one of the beneficiaries of that extra rest, after his 10 strikeouts in six innings earned the win in Monday's series opener against Arizona. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A sweep in San Francisco closed out the Dodgers' season series over the Giants at 15-4, their most wins ever in one year against the Giants. Along the way Los Angeles won both their 100th and 101st game of the season, and set a franchise record with 52 road wins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look back at Greg Shanahan, a right-hander who pitched two years for the Dodgers in the 1970s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Dodgers have clinched the NL West for a 9th time in 10 years, so we look ahead to the postseason and try to predict the playoff roster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Freddie Freeman sat out the day after the Dodgers clinched the division, his first time not starting a game in 2022 after 141 straight. Lineup mainstays Trea Turner, Mookie Betts, and Justin Turner all sat out the final in Arizona, which the Dodgers nearly won, but lost on a walk-off home run. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Dodgers clinched their ninth National League West division crown in 10 years, with Clayton Kershaw pitching seven scoreless innings Tuesday, his fourth excellent clinching game performance during this run. Plus a look at why this is the best Dodgers team of the last decade, and poised to do damage in October.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Appreciating Tyler Anderson's career season, helping the Dodgers to a 10th consecutive playoff berth with consistent pitching from the veteran left-hander. Plus Cody Bellinger hits a big double after confusing Chippendale and Chip 'n' Dale, and Mookie Betts sets a franchise home run record. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Justin Turner has been one of the best hitters in baseball for the last two and a half months, after making some mechanical adjustments to his swing in June. The Dodgers' third baseman and designated hitter hit two home runs Sunday in San Diego to help clinch LA's 10th consecutive postseason appearance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look back at former pitcher Rick Rhoden, one of the best Dodgers draft picks of the 1970s, and someone who after his pitching days turned to professional golf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Justin Turner and Max Muncy both homered on Wednesday, and have been hitting well for some time, adding even more depth to a strong Dodgers lineup. Also, Clayton Kershaw looks healthy in his second start off the injured list, and he accurately described how the team is approaching September. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Craig Kimbrel has pitched incredibly well since switching to Let It Go from Frozen as his entrance music, coincidence or not. He saved a home-run-fueled Dodgers win on Tuesday. Plus news on Tony Gonsolin suffering a setback, and Julio Urías pitching for Mexico in the World Baseball Classic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Dodgers' Andrew Heaney is in a terrible stretch of allowing home runs, with 10 hit against him over his last four starts. Plus, a recap on various rehabbing players, and thoughts on position players pitching.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Looking back at Goody Rosen, the first Canadian-born Jewish player in major league history, who made an All-Star team for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Clayton Kershaw looked very good in his return from the injured list after missing four weeks with low back pain, though the Dodgers lost to the Mets for a second straight day, dropping their first series since July. A look at the pitching injury situation as the club comes back home to host the Padres. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Dodgers have finished off one of their best Augusts in franchise history, so we look ahead to September, when Clayton Kershaw and Miguel Vargas rejoin the team, and other injured pitchers looming. Plus, appreciating Dodgers-Mets and minor league baseball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jacob deGrom looked dominant and held the Dodgers to one run over seven innings, thanks in part to a great catch by Brandon Nimmo to rob Justin Turner of a home run. The Mets only scored two off Tyler Anderson, but it was enough in Game 2 of the series in New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices