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The Los Angeles Dodgers are rolling, clinching the National League West for the fifth straight year after dismantling the Cincinnati Reds eight to two on Thursday. Thirteen division titles in the last fourteen years — this franchise simply does not stop. The question now isn't whether they belong in October, it's whether they can finally finish the job and bring home a ring.
Meanwhile in the AFC, Buffalo took a significant hit before Thursday night's game against Detroit even kicked off. Defensive tackle Ed Oliver, one of the Bills' most disruptive interior forces, was scratched after suffering a hip injury during warmups — a brutal blow for a defense that needed him against a Lions offense that came in loaded and dangerous. That fifty-four and a half point total told you everything about how the oddsmakers viewed this one.
And on the North Side of Chicago, the White Sox have officially moved Luis Castillo to the bullpen after a disastrous stretch since the trade deadline. A seven point seven six ERA across seven outings is not what you bring a guy in for, and Chicago has seen enough. Whether the bullpen role revives him or simply delays the inevitable remains to be seen.
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