The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres have been making their case to be Major League Baseball's premier rivalry over the last few years.

Though there isn't the long-term history behind the rivalry that the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees have, the Dodgers and Padres have both been excellent in recent seasons, and they've traded plenty of barbs back and forth. If anything is dampening the rivalry right now, it may be that the Dodgers' overall dominance has diminished the Padres as a perceived threat.

Los Angeles also has the financial might to sign pretty much any player it wants, and as free agency approaches, the bullpen looks like a very real need. That might set the stage for the Dodgers to pilfer one of the Padres' top arms from recent years, and spark the rivalry in the p

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