The Padres need a bat. This trade season, that’s the bare minimum. They could use more starting-pitching depth. They could use another reliever. They could use a catcher. But they need a bat. (At least one.

Preview the June 11 matchup between the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers with odds over/under, game spread, betting lines and more.

At 40-27, the Dodgers lead the NL West, but by only 1 ½ games over the San Francisco Giants. It's a one-game lead in the loss column. The Dodgers started the season 8-0, their best start since moving to Los Angeles in 1958, but are 32-27 since. They're 16-16 in their last 32 games. That's not bad, but it is a month-long stretch of mediocre ball.

Given the way that the Dodgers handled Tuesday night's blowout loss, it was pretty clear that they felt their best shot of taking two of three from the Padres would come on Wednesday afternoon.

Despite the pitching struggles, Dave Roberts remains a calm influence on his players and has the Dodgers in position to win the West again.

In a recent article, former MLB GM Jim Bowden paired the Tampa Bay Rays and Dodgers as potential trade partners. In his piece for The Athletic, Bowden floated Dodgers’ top prospect, Dalton Rushing ( MLB Pipeline’s no. 15 prospect ), as a potential target for the Rays.