The narrative following the Los Angeles Dodgers heading into the 2019 season mostly has to do with their consecutive World Series defeats, although there is a subplot for the early season that hangs over their collective head. The Dodgers' dirty little secret while earning back-to-back National League titles is how poorly they have started in each of the last two years. In the first few days of 2019, they have given mixed signals, like their eight home runs in the season opener against the Arizona Diamondbacks, followed by a stretch of one run over 10 innings in the second game that led to a 5-4 defeat in 13 innings.