At the onset of spring training and the rush of baseball betting odds and future market action, The Los Angeles Dodgers are prohibitive favorites to repeat as National League Champions. Los Angeles is coming off its first full-season World Series championship since 1988. Since 2017, the Dodgers have had four National League pennants. Los Angeles boasts the largest payroll in baseball. Certainly, they will have the depth and ability to dominate the National League. Now, the question that future market gamblers have is who can step in for the Dodgers should LA falter. The Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, and New York Mets are the most popular second choices thus far.
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Last season, the Dodgers only had two pitchers reach 100 innings last season. Hence, they both spent the entire postseason on the sidelines with injuries. Yet they were still able to maneuver their way to a World Series title. The stacked offense, bolstered by the addition of Shohei Ohtani, played a major part. But the bullpen also deserves major kudos for propping up the revolving door of a rotation.
The offseason focus was on sorting out the 2025 pitching staff. In turn, they may also eventually need to find a way to replace the 33 home runs and 92 RBI that Teoscar Hernández provided in the middle of the lineup. Still, with significant sports betting talent set to depart, the Dodgers remain the team to beat in 2025.
It has been yet another near-perfect offseason for the Dodgers. They acted quickly to sign Snell. Correlate that he has beat up on them the past few years while pitching for division rivals in San Diego and San Francisco. Snell’s usual dominance in the second half bodes well for October. But you do have to acknowledge his lack of durability and the big price tag ($182 million). Still, few — if any — starters are better than Snell when he’s on one of his MLB odds rolls.
For a spell, it looked like the Dodgers and Hernandez were far apart. But he ended up coming back, although that corner outfield defense with Hernandez and Conforto will be a little shaky. But maybe the most interesting move of all is Mookie Betts moving back to the infield. And if Sasaki picks the Dodgers? Make this an A-plus.
At the beginning, the Cubs had no glaring holes to fix. But they did swing big in acquiring Tucker. If they’d stopped there, this could have been an “A” grade. But they turned around and traded Cody Bellinger to the Yankees. In turn, that hurt the team’s depth in the process. Especially given Bellinger’s defensive versatility. Otherwise, they’ve gone more of the second-tier route in signing Boyd and acquiring Morgan for the bullpen. Who knows if Bregman is a possibility? Still, adding one of the top relievers still out there — Kirby Yates, Tanner Scott, David Robertson — makes sense.
For the Phillies, there’s nothing super sexy here. However, Philadelphia didn’t have a lot of obvious needs. They’ve lost Jeff Hoffman, and Estevez remains unsigned, so the ninth-inning situation remains up in the air. They did sign former Blue Jays closer Romano, but he’s coming off an injury. Luzardo is also coming off an injury but had impressive results in 2022 and ’23 for the Marlins. In sum, he’s an upgrade over Taijuan Walker and is more than just deep rotation depth if he’s healthy.