Cue My Prediction

By Anthony Solorzano II

For the last 11 seasons, Dodgers fans have been spoiled by their playoff runs. Since the Guggenheim Baseball Management took control of the team, they have won 9 divisions and have missed the playoffs just once.

The team expects to be playing baseball deep into October.

Guggenheim and company have bolstered the team with stars like Hanley Ramirez, Manny Machado, Yu Darvish, and Mookie Betts to better their roster and win a championship.

This past offseason, the experts around the game pointed out they went after Aaron Judge, Trea Turner and Carlos Correa in order to make a splashy signing. Instead, the Dodgers filled in their holes with Miguel Rojas, JD Martinez, Noah Syndergaard, David Peralta, and injured Alex Reyes.

Any producer reading this conclusion will immediately ask for rewrites. No way the Hollywood stars of the LA Dodgers didn’t bring any big names for another push at the World Series.

By adding Xander Bogarts and extending Manny Machado and Yu Darvish this off season, the Padres are now the favorites to win the division.

And I predict they will win it, too. Clearing the path for the Dodgers to win and make a run in October as one of the National League wild card teams. With the chip on their shoulder, the team will make it deeper into October in comparison to their 111-season.

The Dodgers have not played with an urgency since winning the World Series back in the shortened season of 2020. They have become comfortable in winning.

The Dodgers have not answered questions like these in a long time. This new season will push them out of their area of expertise to uncharted territory where they will have to stop relying on splashy free agents to win 111 games.

Instead, I see this team winning less than 95 wins. They will catch fire when they…

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