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DENVER — One-thousand career victories as a manager is an impressive milestone, but the Rockies’ 9-4 victory over the Dodgers was no doubt a bigger deal for Bud Black.

DENVER — The Los Angeles Dodgers’ patchwork pitching plan Saturday night was fraught but functional.

DENVER — Gavin Lux flew. Walker Buehler spun. Freddie Freeman battled. The bullpen blasted.

Cubs catcher Willson Contreras is in his final year of club control.

GM Jed Hoyer says he likes the product on the field but is trying to build for the future. Sound familiar?

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — When spring training began last season, the computer models at Baseball Prospectus put Atlanta’s odds of winning the National League East at 20-to-1. Eight months later, the Braves were World Series champions. That’s not a knock on analytics, it’s a nod to unpredictability.

PHOENIX — The question, tinged with incredulity, surfaced in every corner of the Major League Baseball universe last month once the Dodgers reinforced a stacked lineup with Freddie Freeman: How many games will those plucky Dodgers win in 2022?

New baseball season. Same preseason favorite.

There are a couple of drinkers near the back of the place. Surely they’ll be delighted to speak with an aimless reporter on a frivolous expedition.

Has Philadelphia finally fixed its bullpen? Is Christian Yelich’s MVP form a thing of the past? See what each NL team must confront this season.

Breaking news: Bob Nutting's still cheap.