After another pitching injury and the Padres looming, will the depleted Dodgers regret their quiet trade deadline?

President of baseball operations Andrew Friedman thinks so, as he told the media on Tuesday after Stewart was put on the shelf. "I think that we have a very legitimate chance to have the most talented pitching staff in October we've ever had,

As recently as July 3, the Los Angeles Dodgers were sitting on a comfortable nine-game lead in the NL West. The defending World Series champs had won four straight games and 15 of their last 18 games despite having a full 13-man pitching staff on the injured list and getting something less than superstar play from Mookie Betts.