Special to The Desert Sun

Streaks and slumps are as much a part of baseball as balls and strikes.

Witness the current version of the Los Angeles Dodgers , a team that would have to improve just to reach inconsistent.

They have many of the most talented players on earth, but as a team they have slumbered and bumbled through the 2025 season.

They are tantalizing. Just when you think they have it figured out and are firing on all pistons, they play inexcusable, unexplainable baseball. Injuries, sure. Errors, OK. And those dreaded slumps (see Mookie Betts).

Players on this current Dodgers roster have won a total of 11 MVP and Cy Young Awards. Outside of 42-year-old Justin Verlander, now finishing up his Hall of Fame career in San Francisco with a 1-9 record, the Dodgers’ four oppone

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