NL West Preview: Dodgers are the team to beat, D-Backs look to surprise again

There’s plenty to be excited about when it comes to the next division in the Baseball Bar-B-Cast preview series, as we take a trip out to the NL West. Jake Mintz & Jordan Shusterman talk about the division that produced the shocking 2023 National League champion Arizona Diamondbacks and whether they can repeat their surprising success in 2024. However, they’ll have to find a way to deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who went on a billion dollar spending spree this offseason, most notably adding Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, as they look to get back to World Series glory. The guys also discuss if the projections for the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants are fair, as well as if the Colorado Rockies can find a way to have some success despite being in one of the tougher divisions in the game. 02:03 Colorado Rockies 12:45 San Diego Padres 25:38 San Francisco Giants 39:29 Arizona Diamondbacks 47:13 Los Angeles Dodgers [ Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Baseball league for the 2024 MLB season ] Follow the show on X at @CespedesBBQ Follow Jake @Jake_Mintz Follow Jordan @J_Shusterman_ 🖥️ Watch this full episode on YouTube Check out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj or at Yahoo Sports Podcasts Subscribe to Baseball Bar-B-Cast on your favorite podcast app: 🎧 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify 🖥️ YouTube 📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tv And check out Jake, Jordan & the show on X or Instagram: 🌤️ @CespedesBBQ: https://bsky.app/profile/cespedesbbq.bsky.social 🐦 @CespedesBBQ: https://x.com/CespedesBBQ 📷 @CespedesBBQ: https://www.instagram.com/cespedesbbq ⚾ @Jake_Mintz: https://x.com/Jake_Mintz 🧢 @J_Shusterman: https://x.com/j_shusterman_