MLB playoffs 2026: Could Dodgers be more vulnerable than you think? - ESPN
To the Los Angeles Dodgers, the bye used to be an obstacle. In 2022 and 2023, they won enough games to skip the wild-card round, only to be on their heels against inferior division series opponents who easily dispatched them. The break, in their minds, helped trigger an early exit. And yet, it remains the overwhelming preference.


