September slumps by key members of each NL West team may put your championship run in peril. Who could pick up PT in their places to help?

Is this the beginning of the end for Jake Cronenworth? Where is Escobar's power in ARI? Plus Gray replacement options in COL, bullpen options past Jansen in LA, and is Yastrzemski tiring in SF?

Paddack's woes; DH in ARI; Who's on first in COL; Stepping up for Stripling; SF sellers at the deadline?

The closer carousel spins in Colorado and San Francisco; starting pitching depth in Arizona .... and who's catching in San Diego and Los Angeles? Current NL West issues with a eye towards the future...

Rotation questions with Gray in COL and Bumgarner in ARI; Seager sidelined in LA; Pham's August woes; Solano's hot start in SF.

Hosmer approach; mystery illness concerns. Wade Davis for real? Pitching options in LA and ARI and OF woes in SF.

Who's on second in LA and COL; SD rotation slot up for grabs; hot corner in SF; and 1B options in the desert.

Ring around the Posey in SF; Leake and Price replacements, and which corner OFers will emerge in COL and SD?

Closers-in-waiting in DET and KC. CF replacement in CHW. DH problems in CLE and MIN. Who's going to step up?

Will Bradley Zimmer show signs of life? What about Sano's peaks and valleys this season? And, hey, what's with Yolmer Sanchez? Also, a couple of OFers struggling in KC and DET.

Anderson in CHW, Ramirez in CLE, Machado in DET, and Merrifield in KC. If any of these starters spend time on the DL (or need time in the minors), who would fill the hole? Also, Buxton replacement options in MIN.