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Dodgers begin spring training with a glut of talent and an eye already on October

GLENDALE, Ariz. - There aren't many ways to significantly improve a 106-win team during an offseason, but the Los Angeles Dodgers pulled it off this week by acquiring Mookie Betts and David Price from the Boston Red Sox days before spring training.

The move, though not executed as smoothly the Dodgers hoped, was a booming conclusion to what had been a slow winter. It excited Los Angeles, riled up New England, and resonated in Las Vegas. Already the favorites to claim their third National League pennant in four years before the swap, they are

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