Los Angeles Dodgers: Ranking all seven division winners

6. 2015: 92-70 .568 win percentage +8 NLW Standings

For the first time in their history, the Los Angeles Dodgers went to the playoffs three straight years. In 2015 it was a transition team of sorts, Ned Colletti who had been general manager since 2006, had been replaced by the president of baseball ops Andrew Friedman and general manager Farhan Zaidi.

The new front office immediately made over the team trading Matt Kemp, refusing to re-sign Hanley Ramirez, releasing Juan Uribe and bringing in the likes of Yasmani Grandal, Enrique Hernandez and Chase Utley. Justin Turner took over when Uribe departed and in September, Corey Seager was called up giving Dodgers fans a glimpse of the future.

The Dodgers carried a heavy veteran lineup with the exception of Joc Pederson, who debuted with quite a lot of pop hitting 24 home runs second on the team. The team struggled in the hitting department placing 10th in batting average despite leading the NL in home runs; they were a very boom or bust team.

Pitching was their strength as the Dodgers were in the top five in ERA, saves, runs, walks, and strikeouts. Clayton Kershaw would lead the league in strikeouts (301) and Zach Greinke would place 2nd in the CY Young award voting leading the league in ERA (1.66).

Another NLDS loss signaled more change as Don Mattingly was let go at the end of the season.