Dodgers Struggles in Postseason Have Reached Historically Bad Levels
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The Dodgers' recent postseason blunder against Arizona marked quite an undesirable record for the franchise in another season without a World Series title.
LA's regular season prowess and consistent division titles haven't paid off in a recent championship and 2023 meant history in all the wrong ways for the organization.
The 2021 season was the first year in the Dodgers' current run of NL West dominance where they didn't win the division thanks to a miracle year by the San Francisco Giants.
LA dispatched their division rival in a hard-fought five-game series but ran out of gas against the Atlanta Braves thanks to a few injured key depth pieces.
Andrew Freidman's bunch followed up their 106-win 2021 with a franchise record 111-win regular season in 2022.
The organization lost Corey Seager and Kenley Jansen to free agency but still boasted Mookie Betts and Trea Turner and signed Freddie Freeman that winter to shore up first base.
Manager Dave Roberts even declared that the team would win the World Series that season with as bold of a claim as we've seen from the Dodgers skipper.
Under MLB's new playoff format, the Boys in Blue earned a first-round bye thanks to their record-setting season.
The presumptive World Series favorite simply fell apart to a division rival though, losing in four games to an upstart Padres franchise whom they dominated in the regular season.
Significant roster turnover included losing both Justin and Trea Turner to free agency last winter but veterans Jason Heyward, Miguel Rojas and David Peralta preached veteran leadership in Roberts' most impressive 100-win season yet.
Come playoff time, it sadly wasn't enough as the Dodgers failed to grab a single game during 2023's short postseason defeat at the hands of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
If LA hit rock bottom in the Roberts era in 2019, these past three full seasons have simply handed the organization a shovel to dig even deeper into October despair.
