"The Giants got better with [Rafael] Devers, and we know what these guys [the Dodgers] have on the other side. At the top is a Dodgers team lavished with star power but burdened by injury. Here are the five biggest takeaways from the wild NL West race at the moment, and what each could mean moving forward. The Padres know their road to NL West supremacy runs through the Dodgers; the Dodgers know the Padres remain one of the biggest obstacles in their hopes of repeating. The Padres need another batSince the start of May, only four teams have a lower OPS than the Padres.