The Dodgers are rolling into September the way Dave Roberts has been hoping they would.
After sweeping the Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles has stacked up six straight wins and opened the month 6-2. The offense has been the biggest reason why, with the club scoring at least six runs in all but one of those games. That kind of burst looks awfully familiar to Roberts, who saw his team catch fire around this same stretch a year ago.
“I do,” Roberts said when asked if the recent run could set a similar tone. “Even the last couple teams, they’re offensive.
It’s good to see our offense come to life, get timely hits, take walks, create stress and get some big hits. It’s time to go, and I think our guys understand that.”
Last September, the Dodgers finished 15-10 and turned that momentum into a championship run. They went on to knock off the Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers and Toronto Blue Jays to repeat as World Series champions.
This season has come with its own challenges, though not quite in the same way. The 2025 Dodgers stumbled through July and August with a combined 25-27 record. This year’s club actually handled those two months a little better at 26-25, even while dealing with a pile of injuries.
Now the roster is getting healthier, and more reinforcements are expected before the regular season ends. That has helped fuel the recent surge, along with an offense that’s starting to look like itself again. Teoscar Hernández, Mookie Betts, Tommy Edman and others have been central to that turnaround.
Roberts has also leaned on the kind of depth that has become a defining feature of the Dodgers’ operation. Alex Call, Hunter Feduccia and Emmet Sheehan have all stepped into important roles lately, and Roberts knows that kind of support matters over a 162-game grind.
“Yeah, it’s important,” Roberts recently said of the team’s depth. “That’s one of the hallmarks of our ballclub.
On the pitching side, the positional player side. It’s a long season, you’ve got to be able to use your roster.
“We pretty much go 60 players deep every year, it seems like. To have dependable guys on the bench or in the ‘pen that know who they are, know their roles, It’s important. Even the relievers right now, we’ve cycled through a lot of different relief pitchers this year, but our front office does a great job of finding arms that are serviceable.
“I like our positional player group, as far as you can plug and play in a lot of different places. Very versatile group and very battle tested, so the spot’s not going to get too big for any of those guys.”
With September heating up and the roster trending in the right direction, the Dodgers are trying to carry this stretch all the way into October.
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