Dodgers reload with Bauer and Pujols, but - for now - are chasing surprising Giants FacebookTwitterEmail Albert Pujols is the latest big-name player to join the Dodgers, who signed the likely future Hall of Famer on Monday.Santiago Mejia/The Chronicle The most remarkable development in the National League West has nothing to do with the 2020 World Series winners or the team that loaded up in the offseason to challenge the defending champs. Instead, the team entering play Friday night with the majors’ best record, ahead of both the Dodgers and Padres, is the team that was supposed to be rebuilding but isn’t. Supposed to be an afterthought but isn’t. Supposed to be transitioning but isn’t.