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Major League Baseball franchise
The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West Division. The club has won nine World Series championships and a record 26 National League pennants. As of 2026, Forbes ranked the Dodgers second in MLB franchise valuation at $7.8 billion.
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Major League Baseball postseason series
The Division Series (DS) is the quarterfinal round of postseason play in Major League Baseball, featuring the American League Division Series (ALDS) and the National League Division Series (NLDS). Under the current format, the top-two division winners in each league play best-of-five series against the two winners of the Wild Card Series from each league. The winners of the Division Series then advance to the League Championship Series for their respective league.
More on Wikipedia ↗The Los Angeles Dodgers moved a slumping Shohei Ohtani down the batting order for Tuesday's Game 3 against the Atlanta Braves.
The slugger is batting lower in Dave Roberts' lineup than he has all year.
Shohei Ohtani is batting fifth in the lineup against Braves ace Chris Sale in Game 3 of the NLDS. He hasn’t hit fifth or lower in a starting lineup since 2020 with the Angels.