After watching Will Smith dazzle during his eight season with the Dodgers, Dave Roberts compared his catcher to Freddie Freeman.

Because of the rules on plate appearances, Will Smith could fall just short of the number needed to win the batting title.

Will Smith's defense helped the Dodgers reclaim the division lead with a dominant 6-0 win over the Padres Saturday.

Smith is not in the Dodgers' starting lineup against the Rockies on Monday, David Vassegh of AM 570 LA Sports reports. Smith will get a breather while Dalton Rushing serves behind home plate and bats ninth for Monday's series opener.

No changes are made to the defense, and it doesn't matter as Dodgers get 18 hits in rout of the Colorado Rockies.

Dodgers first. Shohei Ohtani flies out to Kyle Karros. Mookie Betts lines out to center field to Brenton Doyle. Will Smith walks. Freddie Freeman doubles to deep left center field. Will Smith

Smith went 3-for-4 with two RBI, a run scored and a walk in Tuesday's win over the Rockies.

A solid effort by Blake Snell coupled by several Padres mistakes allow the Dodgers to take a 6-0 win and sole possession of first place in the NL West.

Will Smith records three of the first four Dodgers' outs by nabbing Fernando Tatis Jr., Manny Machado and Xander Bogaerts in attempts to steal

Dodgers’ Will Smith on Verge of Historic Feat No Catcher Has Achieved in Years originally appeared on Athlon Sports. His team may be slumping and now occupying second place in the NL West, but Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith is quietly putting together one of the greatest seasons by a catcher in recent memory.