The Los Angeles Dodgers have been one of the better teams in baseball for the past several years. Los Angeles won the World Series back in 2020 and made it to the Fall Classic in back-to-back years in 2017 and 2018. The Dodgers' dominance in those years makes the 2022 team look even scarier, as they possess strengths that those teams simply didn't have. Armed with perhaps one of the best lineups baseball has seen in quite some time, Los Angeles is going to put runs up on the board with a machine-like efficiency. Not only that, but the Dodgers' rotation, which lost deadline acquisition Max Scherzer and has an aging Clayton Kershaw, still remains in the top tier among MLB pitching staffs. The 2022 Dodgers are going to be scary- perhaps even scarier than last year's 106-win team. Here's why.

2 Reasons Why The 2022 Dodgers Will Be Better Than Last Year

2. The Dodgers possess an elite young trio in their pitching staff

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Longtime Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw is still going strong at age 34, though he has passed the torch to Walker Buehler as LA's number one starter. With Buehler atop the rotation, the Dodgers clearly have one of the best frontline starters in the big leagues. However, the Dodgers also have two very talented young starters behind their ace, Julio Urias, and Dustin May. Urias, 25, broke out last year for LA, pitching to a 20-3 record with a 2.96 ERA and a 195:38 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 185 2/3 innings of work. The talented southpaw answered any questions about workload concerns last year with his dominant campaign- and there's every reason to expect him to be even better. May, currently on the injured list as he recovers from Tommy John surgery. However, the 24-year-old is expected to make his return at some point after the All-Star break, which would be a big boost to the Dodgers. May has only pitched 113 2/3 innings in three seasons, so Los Angeles is going to be very careful with him. Still, the youngster is a budding ace, judging by his career 2.93 ERA. Like Buehler and Urias, he possesses elite-level strikeout stuff, as he posted 13.7 strikeouts per nine innings this past year. With Buehler, who finished fourth in the National League Cy Young award voting, Urias and May, the Dodgers have a better young trio of starters than perhaps any team in the major leagues.

1. The Dodgers have the deepest lineup in baseball

There is no lineup in the major leagues that can approach the Dodgers' if everyone stays healthy. Los Angeles has three former MVPs in their lineup, including Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Cody Bellinger. They have an unheralded star in Max Muncy and one of the best overall hitters in the game in Trea Turner. Behind the plate is Will Smith, perhaps the game's best hitting catcher. The Dodgers' 1-3, as it stands on Opening Day, is Betts-Freeman-Turner. Each of those guys is capable of hitting above .300 and slugging for over 25-plus homers. It's a nightmare for opposing pitchers to have to deal with. If healthy, the Dodgers' lineup could produce some truly scary numbers in 2022.