It all has seemed strange and magical.

Twenty-two games into the 2017 season, the Los Angeles Dodgers were 10-12. They already had injury issues and it looked as if they would have their work cut out for them in a division where the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies looked formidable, even if they were the preseason choice to win the NL West.

On June 1, they were in third place, and on June 7 they were 35-25 after losing three in succession and five out of seven.

Since then?

Excellence. Dominance. Craziness.

The Dodgers have won 30 of their past 34 games to climb to 65-29.

Tonight they won their 10th straight, 1-0 in south Chicago, to give them two 10-win runs already this season. They hold a 10.5-game lead in the NL West with 68 to play.

How did this happen?

–Cody Bellinger and Chris Taylor. Bellinger began the season in Triple A, but he joined the roster on April 25 when injuries hit the Dodgers outfield. Still, Dave Roberts, the manager, five days later said Bellinger probably would return to Oklahoma City soon. Until the kid started launching bombs. Bellinger, 22, now has 26 home runs, second in the National League, and a team-best 61 RBI.

Taylor, 26, joined the big club a week earlier, and he was a utility kind of player — until he played well enough to command a place in the starting lineup. He continued to play … wherever (left field, center, second, shortstop and third) … and he has an on-base percentage of .376 with 19 doubles and 10 home runs. He also runs the bases well, and everyone who was creeped out when the Dodgers traded former No. 1 pick Zach Lee to Seattle for Taylor, last season, is happy with how that trade has turned out, so far.

–The stabilization of the starting pitching. Yes, Clayton Kershaw is still doing what he does. What is unexpected is Alex Wood at 11-0. Wood missed a few turns in April but he has been dominant since, with 101 strikeouts in 86 innings. Also, Rich Hill had blister issues for the first month and change, but of late he has been another left-hander on a hot streak. It has enabled the Dodgers to pretty much ignore the fact that former top prospect Julio Urias won’t pitch until 2018, if then, and that Kenta Maeda of Brandon McCarthy can be a bit shaky.

–Kenley Jansen. One of the best relievers in baseball, and flexible, too, able to go more than an inning, if needed. He has been overpowering: in 38 appearances covering 40 innings, he has 62 strikeouts and two walks.

–The return to form of Justin Turner. The man who hit a career-high 27 homers last season lost his power stroke for the first few months, and he also was a bit nicked up, but he is back. He has moved ahead of Kershaw for most WAR (wins above replacement) on the team, so far this season, with 4.2 to Kershaw’s 4.0. Turner has climbed to 11 homers and has an OBP of .469.

–A deep offense. Shortstop Corey Seager is having no problems with the sophomore jinx. He leads the team in runs (54) and doubles (22) and is only 23. Joc Pederson and Yasiel Puig often hit in the 7-8 holes, but both can put the ball in the seats at any time. Yasmani Grandal has a lot of pop, for a catcher, and backup Austin Barnes isn’t bad, either.

What is at stake?

Some significant Dodgers history.

The club is on pace to win 110 games, which is really not realistic, even when we concede that the National League is pretty weak.

The club record for victories in 105 by the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers. The Los Angeles Dodgers record is 102, in 1974, the only time they have won 100 in L.A. The last time they won even 95 was in 1985.

At the moment, giddy Dodgers fans are wishing/hoping for a 100-win season, not seen in the lifetimes of most fans and any of the active players. Even old fans can hardly remember that team, of Cey, Garvey, Lopes, Russell, Wynn, Sutton, Alston, etc.

It has been a finely balanced team. First in baseball in runs allowed (58 fewer than No. 2 Arizona), fifth in runs scored, and first in run-differential at 173 (to Houston’s 169).

A World Series, of course, is the grand prize, but winning three successive best-of-seven playoffs in the postseason … that’s hard and a bit random. But this team could do it, if the pitchers (in particular) stay healthy.

Short term, W’s is what the club should pursue. The best record in the National League would mean a wild-card team in the divisional series, and the survivor of (probably) an Arizona-versus-Washington series.

If the Dodgers can end with a better record than the Astros, their American League doppelganger, they would be assured home-field advantage in a World Series matchup — which would be huge, indeed, if a couple of 100-win teams played in it.

We know, yes. Still a lot of baseball to be played. Sixty-eight games, to be exact. The Dodgers might have trouble this very weekend, when a surging Atlanta Braves team arrives at Chavez Ravine.

We can also expect perhaps a tiny bit of tinkering in the bullpen, where it has not been clear who should pitch the seventh, ahead of Pedro Baez — and in the playoffs managers like to know who will throw the final three frames, if necessary.

Meantime, former stalwarts Adrian Gonzalez, still fighting a back injury, and Andre Ethier, also out for months, don’t seem to be needed for this particular operation. Having the option of bringing in a few more veterans (Chase Utley, 38, seems to handle the duties of a half-dozen old guys) might be handy, in the playoffs.

So, here we go, wondering if/when this team will return to earth and lose three or four in a row. Not that they have actually lost four in a row this season, nor three straight since the first week of June.

They are not going to play .691 ball, as they have so far, nor another stretch of .882 ball, which is what 30-4 works out to, since June 7.

But 100 games is a handsome target (a 35-33 record over the next 68 games would get them there), and is something to pursue. Without pushing everyone too hard.

For now, all fans can do is enjoy and hope for some big news after the regular season is finished.