LOS ANGELES — Maybe all the subtractions are beginning to add up.
A lineup that lost Trea Turner, Justin Turner and Cody Bellinger over the winter also lost Gavin Lux for the season to a spring knee injury. Now, Will Smith will miss at least a week while dealing with concussion symptoms.
Too many of the remaining parts have been “consistently inconsistent” – to borrow a phrase from one of those sputtering parts, Mookie Betts – and produced just six runs in a three-game series against the Chicago Cubs this weekend, losing 3-2 on Sunday afternoon.
