The Latest Breaking News from Blake Treinen

LOS ANGELES — Spring in October? It seems like it for the Los Angeles Dodgers, whose next meaningful game will take place in 11 days.

SAN DIEGO — It's probably still more of a hope than a guarantee at this point, but the Dodgers' playoff rotation plans appear to be finally coming into focus.

Walker Buehler, the Dodgers’ top starting pitcher, is slowly working his way back from mid-June surgery to remove bone spurs in his elbow. Another lower-back injury sent Clayton Kershaw, the three-time National League Cy Young Award winner, to the injured list last week for the second time this season.

DENVER — The Los Angeles Dodgers opened an eight-game trip Thursday with a 13-0 blowout of the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field.

LOS ANGELES — For the rest of the National League West, the view is very familiar.

Let’s play build a bullpen. The Dodgers planned on populating theirs at some point with these relievers, veterans all:

PHOENIX — So far this season, Edwin Rios’ biggest challenge has been simply staying ready, trying to keep himself sharp between sporadic starts.

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers took heat for not aggressively pursuing free agent Bryce Harper after the 2018 season. They were flush with money from their TV deal and had yet to splurge on the likes of Mookie Betts, Trevor Bauer and Freddie Freeman.

SAN DIEGO — They were two of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ coldest hitters over the season’s first two weeks.