After much concern for the health and safety of everyone in the league (and concern that the players and owners might not agree on terms for a pandemic-stricken season), baseball returns to provide a sense of normalcy to Dodger fans, baseball fans, sports fans and people alike.

This year has brought about change in many facets of life and the 2020 MLB season is no exception.

The most notable change for the 2020 season is its length, and a shortened, 60-game season is finally right around the corner. This Thursday, July 23rd, the MLB season begins with the New York Yankees taking on the 2019 World Series Champion, Washington Nationals, and the San Francisco Giants heading to Los Angeles to take on our very own boys in blue.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are poised and projected to be the best team in baseball this year, and shortened season or not, the 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers are the meanest team in baseball right now. With familiar faces like the 2019 NL MVP Cody Bellinger, Clayton Kershaw, Walker Buehler, Justin Turner, Corey Seager, Kike Hernandez, and so many more, the Dodgers have retained much of the core that has helped them come so close to winning it all the last three seasons.

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Not everyone stayed with the Dodgers however, as Hyun Jin-Ryu, Kenta Maeda and Richard Hill all departed in the offseason, and have left large holes in the pitching rotation and bullpen. Fortunately, the Dodgers are very well-off with young, top-tier pitching prospects that have great potential to grow into the empty spots left behind and do so much more. Names such as Dustin May, Josiah Gray, Tony Gonsolin and Brusdar Graterol could all make a splash on the mound this year, so be looking for them to make a difference.

While there are still a few question marks surrounding the Dodgers’ pitching, there is no doubt about the Dodgers’ stacked batting order. Having acquired the 2018 AL MVP and one of the best, young stars in the game, Mookie Betts, the Dodgers are more loaded with talent than ever to win it all this year.

After months of speculation, decision-making, disagreeing, and arguing, the 2020 MLB season is officially here. With just two days between now and the return of baseball and our Los Angeles Dodgers, a sense of normalcy is closer now than it has ever been. Despite a year of traveling through uncharted territory in the United States and around the world, a familiar sight returns to bring Dodger baseball back, and with it, a sense that everything can, and will, return to normal.

Tune in to the first regular season game on KHTS AM 1220 & FM 98.1 with the first pitch scheduled to be thrown at 7:08 p.m. Thursday, July 23rd.

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