Los Angeles Dodgers to win the World Series (+2500)...

[The Giant]

It doesn't get much better than this, boys.

This line was around +500 to start the season, and now at the quarter mark, we can get +2500. Can't turn that down. The season is a marathon, folks. The NL West can still be had, they are only eight games out.

Just smacked this bitch for $400. Will be looking to clear over 10k come October.

Sometimes this gambling is just too easy.

[unde0087]

Forget that this lineup isn't very good, the pitching staff is mediocre at best.

[The Giant]

Forget that this lineup isn't very good, the pitching staff is mediocre at best.

The bullpen is a mess, too.

[LT Profits]

Classic case of buy low, not a bad bet at the price.

[unde0087]

Well good luck there Giant. To me its a life raft floating in the ocean with multiple holes and the people on the raft probably don't have enough patches to fix the problem. We shall see.

[will2survive]

It doesn't get much better than this, boys.

This line was around +500 to start the season, and now at the quarter mark, we can get +2500. Can't turn that down. The season is a marathon, folks. The NL West can still be had, they are only eight games out.

Just smacked this bitch for $400. Will be looking to clear over 10k come October.

Sometimes this gambling is just too easy.

I like your attempts to create major value ( I think you mentioned GS Sweeping for value over Houston). Future bets are fun like the 200/1 shot that Kurt Warner and St.Louis was in 1999 and hit, but I don't like your chances here at all.

[will2survive]

Classic case of buy low, not a bad bet at the price.

It is a bad bet because there's no realistic chance of this winning. Although MLB is more of a crapshoot than other sports and you can possibly land a nice price on a team with potential to upset other teams, this particular bet is only good if The Giant has tons of money (and waste-sorry) to spare or it's just a reason for him to root for LA.

[The Giant]

Classic case of buy low, not a bad bet at the price.

I always said if it got to +2500, and the season was still young, I would play it.

Unfortunately they're facing Max Scherzer tonight, which means I'll probably have a bad line as of tomorrow.

Well good luck there Giant. To me its a life raft floating in the ocean with multiple holes and the people on the raft probably don't have enough patches to fix the problem. We shall see.

There is a good chance the front office will make some kind of move. Plus, Julio Urias (heralded young pitcher) might come back sometime this season, too.

[lakerboy]

I almost fell asleep now I'm wide awake laughing so hard. Another fade attempt I see.

[LT Profits]

It is a bad bet because there's no realistic chance of this winning. Although MLB is more of a crapshoot than other sports and you can possibly land a nice price on a team with potential to upset other teams, this particular bet is only good if The Giant has tons of money (and waste-sorry) to spare or it's just a reason for him to root for LA.

Not true at all, Dodgers could still win 85 games, which may be enough to win that division.

[LT Profits]

Check out Fangraphs: https://www.fangraphs.com/depthchart...tion=Standings

[The Giant]

I almost fell asleep now I'm wide awake laughing so hard. Another fade attempt I see.

Not at all.

It's not like your prediction was money related. No books are offering "no playoffs".

Just settle down and go back to sleep.

[JIBBBY]

They will turn it around at some point as they have to much team talent to remain this bad... They won't win it all though.. Don't have the pitching this year...

[The Giant]

Check out Fangraphs: https://www.fangraphs.com/depthchart...tion=Standings

A game ahead of the Diamondbacks.

[The Giant]

They will turn it around at some point as they have to much team talent to remain this bad... They won't win it all though.. Don't have the pitching this year...

Who don't they have this year that they had last year?

[JIBBBY]

Who don't they have this year that they had last year?

Too many to name off hand... The pitchers that did come back have looked horrible this year compared to last years numbers so far..

2017 Dodger pitching staff -

2017 Los Angeles Dodgers Pitching Stats The 2017 Los Angeles Dodgers pitching stats seen on this page include pitching stats for every player who appeared in a game during the 2017 season. Wins, losses, earned runs, innings pitched, saves and more pitching data is included for every pitcher on the 2017 Los Angeles Dodgers. Every pitcher's name links to their career statistics. NOTE: You can easily SORT the pitching stats on the table by simply clicking on the title of the pitching stat. Example, click GS (games started) and the fielding stat sorts from least to greatest. Click it again, greatest to least.

"The (2017 Los Angeles) Dodgers have been coasting for weeks now as they near the end of the weirdest season in baseball history. How in the world could the same team that went 91–36 through almost five full months of play come within a 1–0 win over the Padres on Sept. 1 from losing 17 in a row? Here's another view of the oddity: After losing two straight on July 20 and 21, Los Angeles went 25–5 and never dropped consecutive games before falling into a 1–16 spiral that includes both a five-game losing streak and its current 11-game skid. How do you explain that? Coasting, as we shall see, is one big part of it." - Tom Verducci in Sports Illustrated (09/12/2017, Weirdest. Season. Ever: The Dodgers' Potentially Fatal Flaw—And The Teams That Could Exploit It, Source)

G GS W L PCT ERA SV IP H ER R HR BB SO G GS W L PCT ERA SV IP H ER R HR BB SO 2017 Los Angeles Dodgers Pitching Stats Luis Avilan 61 0 2 3 .400 2.93 0 46.0 42 15 16 2 22 52 Pedro Baez 66 0 3 6 .333 2.95 0 64.0 56 21 24 9 29 62 Walker Buehler 8 0 1 0 1.000 7.71 0 9.1 11 8 8 2 8 12 Fabio Castillo 2 0 0 0 .000 13.50 0 1.1 3 2 2 0 1 2 Tony Cingrani 22 0 0 0 .000 2.79 0 19.1 15 6 8 1 6 28 Yu Darvish 9 9 4 3 .571 3.44 0 49.2 44 19 20 7 13 61 Grant Dayton 29 0 1 1 .500 4.94 0 23.2 19 13 13 5 12 20 Josh Fields 57 0 5 0 1.000 2.84 2 57.0 40 18 19 10 15 60 Wilmer Font 3 0 0 0 .000 17.18 0 3.2 7 7 7 2 4 3 Chris Hatcher 26 0 0 1 .000 4.66 0 36.2 37 19 20 7 12 43 Rich Hill 25 25 12 8 .600 3.32 0 135.2 99 50 51 18 49 166 Kenley Jansen 65 0 5 0 1.000 1.32 41 68.1 44 10 11 5 7 109 Clayton Kershaw 27 27 18 4 .818 2.31 0 175.0 136 45 49 23 30 202 Adam Liberatore 4 0 0 0 .000 2.70 0 3.1 3 1 1 0 2 5 Kenta Maeda 29 25 13 6 .684 4.22 1 134.1 121 63 68 22 34 140 Brandon McCarthy 19 16 6 4 .600 3.98 0 92.2 89 41 43 5 27 72 Brandon Morrow 45 0 6 0 1.000 2.06 2 43.2 31 10 10 0 9 50 Edward Paredes 10 0 1 0 1.000 3.24 0 8.1 8 3 3 1 0 11 Josh Ravin 14 0 0 1 .000 6.48 1 16.2 12 12 12 4 9 19 Sergio Romo 30 0 1 1 .500 6.12 0 25.0 23 17 17 7 12 31 Hyun-Jin Ryu 25 24 5 9 .357 3.77 1 126.2 128 53 58 22 45 116 Brock Stewart 16 4 0 0 .000 3.41 1 34.1 27 13 18 4 19 29 Ross Stripling 49 2 3 5 .375 3.75 2 74.1 69 31 31 10 19 74 Julio Urias 5 5 0 2 .000 5.40 0 23.1 23 14 15 1 14 11 Tony Watson 23 0 2 1 .667 2.84 0 19.0 14 6 6 2 6 16 Alex Wood 27 25 16 3 .842 2.72 0 152.1 123 46 50 15 38 151

2018 Dodger pitching staff -

2018 Los Angeles Dodgers Pitching Stats The 2018 Los Angeles Dodgers pitching stats seen on this page include pitching stats for every player who appeared in a game during the 2018 season. Wins, losses, earned runs, innings pitched, saves and more pitching data is included for every pitcher on the 2018 Los Angeles Dodgers. Every pitcher's name links to their career statistics. NOTE: You can easily SORT the pitching stats on the table by simply clicking on the title of the pitching stat. Example, click GS (games started) and the fielding stat sorts from least to greatest. Click it again, greatest to least.

G GS W L PCT ERA SV IP H ER R HR BB SO G GS W L PCT ERA SV IP H ER R HR BB SO 2018 Los Angeles Dodgers Pitching Stats Scott Alexander 14 0 1 0 1.000 5.14 0 14.0 12 8 8 1 10 9 Pedro Baez 19 0 1 2 .333 4.12 0 19.2 24 9 9 2 11 27 Walker Buehler 5 5 2 1 .667 2.67 0 27.0 22 8 9 1 9 34 J.T. Chargois 18 0 1 1 .500 4.80 0 15.0 14 8 8 2 11 20 Tony Cingrani 18 0 0 2 .000 5.79 0 14.0 14 9 9 2 4 22 Josh Fields 20 0 2 1 .667 2.33 1 19.1 15 5 5 3 5 16 Wilmer Font 6 0 0 2 .000 11.32 0 10.1 18 13 13 5 1 7 Yimi Garcia 4 0 0 1 .000 8.10 0 3.1 5 3 4 1 1 2 Rich Hill 5 5 1 2 .333 6.20 0 24.2 30 17 18 7 13 25 Daniel Hudson 10 0 1 0 1.000 6.75 0 12.0 11 9 10 2 8 11 Kenley Jansen 17 0 0 1 .000 3.57 6 17.2 16 7 9 3 6 18 Clayton Kershaw 7 7 1 4 .200 2.86 0 44.0 40 14 14 7 10 48 Adam Liberatore 12 0 1 1 .500 3.38 0 8.0 6 3 3 0 4 8 Kenta Maeda 9 8 3 3 .500 3.89 0 44.0 44 19 22 4 13 54 Zach Neal 1 0 0 0 .000 9.00 0 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 Edward Paredes 1 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hyun-Jin Ryu 6 6 3 0 1.000 2.12 0 29.2 16 7 7 3 10 36 Brock Stewart 3 0 0 0 .000 3.18 0 5.2 5 2 2 1 3 5 Ross Stripling 14 3 0 1 .000 2.20 0 28.2 30 7 7 2 9 31 Pat Venditte 3 0 0 0 .000 6.75 0 2.2 3 2 2 1 0 2 Alex Wood 9 9 0 4 .000 3.35 0 51.0 46 19 22 3 8 47

[JMobile]

I'm all over it.

[will2survive]

Not true at all, Dodgers could still win 85 games, which may be enough to win that division.

Baseball is one of those sports in which the best team doesn't always win. Case in point, the San Francisco Giants winning multiple World Series with a lackluster offense. This makes a case for the Giant's bet, but the bet is to win the World Series and not the division. Those Giants teams were well-coached and had clutch contributor, and great defense and pitching. I don't think this Dodgers team ( 85 wins or not) has the same "make up" as those SFG teams. The price is nice, but I'm sure there are better teams to put the 400 dollars on.

[JIBBBY]

Baseball is one of those sports in which the best team doesn't always win. Case in point, the San Francisco Giants winning multiple World Series with a lackluster offense. This makes a case for the Giant's bet, but the bet is to win the World Series and not the division. Those Giants teams were well-coached and had clutch contributor, and great defense and pitching. I don't think this Dodgers team ( 85 wins or not) has the same "make up" as those SFG teams. The price is nice, but I'm sure there are better teams to put the 400 dollars on.

Stellar pitching beats hot hitting every time.. Look at Kershaw's numbers over the years when he's dialed in especially in the regular season.. Something to it... I like to bet on good pitching in MLB first.. Team streaks are solid as well...

[Bostongambler]

They could be +2500 to win another 10 games and you still might not make it.

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Giant, I hope you win this bet.

Rooting for you, man.

[cincinnatikid513]

not seeing it last year, i know they started off slow last year then got really hot but this year feels alot different, the lineup is just awful , unless they make some major trades this lineup is just not good enough to contend, also kershaw doesn't seem right from game 1 his fastball velocity has been down he might not get right all year

[MinnesotaFats]

The Dodgers have serious problems

But they always make a move to improve

West isn't that great, will 87-90 wins do it?

Once they are in the playoffs that staff could take over....they are good enough to get there

Might trade for Dozier and a 5th starter from MN to bolster

I like this bet

[The Giant]

Four days ago they were eight games out, and (+2500).

Today they're 5.5 games out, and it's still (+2500).

So, naturally, I just put another $200 on it.

$600 to win $15,000.

This team is too talented, and has too many resources to not make the playoffs.

[johnnyvegas13]

I really don't think dodgers win ws

or even play in the nlcs

Other value teams id consider ....

cleveland

St. Louis

arizona

[The Giant]

Johnny, the Dodgers don't necessarily need to win the World Series for me to make money here.

They just need to make the playoffs.

They're making the playoffs.

I think.

[JIBBBY]

They are starting to play better of late.. I'll give them that much.. Might run into a buzz saw this week facing the Rockies though.. Already lost game 1 in this series..

Dodgers last 4 -

May 22	vs	Colorado	7:10 PM PDT SNLA, ESPN

May 19	@	Washington	W	4 - 1
May 19	@	Washington	W	5 - 4
May 20	@	Washington	W	7 - 2
May 21	vs	Colorado	L	2 - 1

[johnnyvegas13]

Rockies suck

but I think zona gets the div

so ur looking at a wildcard most likely

[The Giant]

Checking in one month after making this bet:

I like my position here.

Nailed this play at the optimal price.

[bonusguy]

Checking in one month after making this bet:

I like my position here.

Nailed this play at the optimal price.

i wouldnt say that. they were 8 games out. and you paid a lot for a brand name

still a ton of work to be done to even win a playoff series. but you have a chance. i just hate futures on popular teams seems like you never get value

[The Giant]

[LT Profits]

i wouldnt say that. they were 8 games out. and you paid a lot for a brand name

still a ton of work to be done to even win a playoff series. but you have a chance. i just hate futures on popular teams seems like you never get value

I disagree, I think Dodgers were undervalued at 25-1. And all they have to do is make the playoffs to probably be able to ensure profit.

[LT Profits]

A game ahead of the Diamondbacks.

Look now!

https://www.fangraphs.com/depthcharts.aspx?position=Standings

[The Giant]

Look now!

https://www.fangraphs.com/depthchart...tion=Standings

Good stuff, LT. I think that's a pretty conservative record for the Dodgers down the stretch, 52-40. I think they can actually do better than that. I think their win total can get to the 90s.

And you're right, all I need them to do is make the playoffs. I'm not sure what bonusguy was talking about. +2500 was the best line available at any point.

[bonusguy]

im saying if it was a random city and not the defending NL champs who were 8 games back. similar team talent. it would have been like +4500

you paid a little for the dodgers name. but you obviously knew what you were doing and have a good shot