NL West

Right now, the Los Angeles Dodgers' focus is aimed intently at Clayton Kershaw's lower back.

Until the three-time Cy Young Award-winner and 2014 National League MVP returns from the disabled list, little else matters for the Dodgers.

The hottest team in baseball is spending less than $14 million on a starting rotation that might turn Cleveland into the city of champions. The richest team in baseball has more than $36 million tied up in starting pitchers who aren’t healthy enough to pitch.

The Los Angeles Dodgers announced Thursday that they have acquired starting pitcher Bud Norris along with outfielder Dian Toscano, "a player to be named later and cash considerations" from the Atlanta Braves for minor league pitchers Philip Pfeifer and Caleb Dirks. 

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig left Wednesday's game against the Milwaukee Brewers after he collided with the right field fence.

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It's happening a year later than they would have liked, but Wil Myers has become a star for the San Diego Padres in 2016.

Given the state of things in San Diego, though, all this does is raise the question of when Myers will be starring on a different team.

Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Joc Pederson was removed from Tuesday night's game against the Milwaukee Brewers after crashing into the outfield wall and suffering a shoulder injury. 

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The Arizona Diamondbacks' big offseason acquisition has gotten off to a so-so start this season and is now on the shelf, as right-handed ace Zack Greinke suffered an injury to his oblique. 

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Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw flew back to L.A. on Tuesday to see team doctors about a back injury. 

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It was roughly this time three years ago that Yasiel Puig was putting the finishing touches on a debut month for the ages.

There's a two-headed monster rearing its visage in San Francisco. And while tourists winding down Lombard Street can rest easy, opposing hitters might want to run for their lives.

We're talking, of course, about Madison Bumgarner and Johnny Cueto, the Giants' deadly lefty/righty duo. As we roll toward the All-Star break, they've emerged as baseball's best pitching twosome.