Dodgers: 3 rival players who could derail LA’s NL West chase

2. Seth Beer

Sometimes, the hottest hitters in the game are here for a good time, not a long time.

Though D-Backs rookie Seth Beer has only been up for a few days, he’s started off his MLB tenure in flames, and will get three chances this week to take shots at the Dodgers before the book gets out on him.

Oh, and then a weekend series in Arizona the 24th through the 26th, too. Beer me!

Over the weekend in Seattle, the 24-year-old slugger made his debut emphatically, rocketing a home run and going 4-for-8 with four runs scored and a trio of RBI. Though most of us thought the Diamondbacks would be a cookie down the stretch, they’ve instead reached the “experimental” phase all bad teams confront when their seasons are lost.

You know what we’re talking about. There’s no way to bring any expectations to these six games, considering the team on the field looks very different from anything else we saw this year. You find yourself staring at the television saying, “I know these guys are bad, but these guys aren’t the same guys, so …?”

Beer could be a keeper; the 2018 Astros first-rounder out of Clemson, shipped to Arizona in the Zack Greinke deal, has posted minor-league OPS marks of .909 and .904 in his past two full seasons. He’s a consistent crusher, and has started strong at the MLB level … at the exact wrong time for us, personally.