Alexander: Dodgers-Padres is closer to a fair fight

Dave Roberts certainly remembers the last time the Padres really believed they had a legitimate shot at catching and passing the Dodgers.
He was the Padres’ bench coach in that optimistic spring of 2015, after new general manager A.J. Preller had loaded up on veterans to take a shot at dethroning the then two-time defending division champs. The Matt Kemp-for-Yasmani Grandal trade at the winter meetings was the centerpiece, but the Padres also brought in Justin Upton, James Shields, Wil Mye