2025 season begins

[rockondlouie]

The dodgers may challenge the all time team lead in wins this season. It would suck to be a fan of a team in their division. The cubs fans are like well they will sweep us but a least we are in the joke of a central division

Meh, maybe, maybe not. They had their least amount of regular season wins last year in like 7 years after signing Ohtani and Yamamato and they got a historically great season out of Ohtani.

That was with just about their rotation being on the IL at one time or another and they still won the division and the World Series. They will win the division easily if their rotation is even close to healthy yea they will challenge it

It will be a strong division though, there aren’t a lot of easy wins from it. Close to half of the NL (LA, Philly, NYM, Atlanta, Arizona, SD) is pretty darn solid. Easy wins might be Colorado, Miami, Washington, maybe us/Pirates depending on how things shake out. But even the Pirates have a nice top 3 starters in Skenes, Jones, and Keller that won’t make those days easy wins. I just don’t think it will be that easy for them to challenge the win record.

Keep an eye on the Giants as a "sleeper" team.

[Ozziesfan41]

The dodgers may challenge the all time team lead in wins this season. It would suck to be a fan of a team in their division. The cubs fans are like well they will sweep us but a least we are in the joke of a central division

Meh, maybe, maybe not. They had their least amount of regular season wins last year in like 7 years after signing Ohtani and Yamamato and they got a historically great season out of Ohtani.

That was with just about their rotation being on the IL at one time or another and they still won the division and the World Series. They will win the division easily if their rotation is even close to healthy yea they will challenge it

It will be a strong division though, there aren’t a lot of easy wins from it. Close to half of the NL (LA, Philly, NYM, Atlanta, Arizona, SD) is pretty darn solid. Easy wins might be Colorado, Miami, Washington, maybe us/Pirates depending on how things shake out. But even the Pirates have a nice top 3 starters in Skenes, Jones, and Keller that won’t make those days easy wins. I just don’t think it will be that easy for them to challenge the win record.

Im comfortable saying they will win it. They won it 11 of the past 12 seasons the only season they didnt they still won 106 games lol which to win 106 games and still not win the division blows my mind. They won 98 with a rotation decimated by injuries last season and still won the world series.. They have won 100 or more games 5 of the last 8 seasons and won 104 or more games 4 of them. The dodgers winning their division is pretty much the safest bet you can make. And they are off to a 2-0 start this season

[Futuregm2]

The dodgers may challenge the all time team lead in wins this season. It would suck to be a fan of a team in their division. The cubs fans are like well they will sweep us but a least we are in the joke of a central division

Meh, maybe, maybe not. They had their least amount of regular season wins last year in like 7 years after signing Ohtani and Yamamato and they got a historically great season out of Ohtani.

That was with just about their rotation being on the IL at one time or another and they still won the division and the World Series. They will win the division easily if their rotation is even close to healthy yea they will challenge it

It will be a strong division though, there aren’t a lot of easy wins from it. Close to half of the NL (LA, Philly, NYM, Atlanta, Arizona, SD) is pretty darn solid. Easy wins might be Colorado, Miami, Washington, maybe us/Pirates depending on how things shake out. But even the Pirates have a nice top 3 starters in Skenes, Jones, and Keller that won’t make those days easy wins. I just don’t think it will be that easy for them to challenge the win record.

Im comfortable saying they will win it. They won it 11 of the past 12 seasons the only season they didnt they still won 106 games lol which to win 106 games and still not win the division blows my mind. They won 98 with a rotation decimated by injuries last season and still won the world series.. They have won 100 or more games 5 of the last 8 seasons and won 104 or more games 4 of them. The dodgers winning their division is pretty much the safest bet you can make. And they are off to a 2-0 start this season

Never said they wouldn’t win the division, I do think they will. I should have been more clear on what I was talking about before. But I don’t think they challenge the record for wins. They play in too tough of a division to do that and there are too many “elite-ish” teams in the NL right now to do that IMO.

[OldRed]

Dodgers 4 - small bears 1 at the Tokyo Dome. Dodgers receive 8 walks from the cubs, who only manage 3 hits off Yamamoto, and they got no hits or runs off 4 Dodger relievers. Imanaga pitched 4 innings allowing no hits or runs for Chicago.

The important thing: CUBS LOSE CUBS LOSE CUBS LOSE CUBS LOSE CUBS LOSE CUBS LOSE CUBS LOSE

I'm not worried about the CUBS, I'm worried about the CARDINALS.

[Futuregm2]

Dodgers 4 - small bears 1 at the Tokyo Dome. Dodgers receive 8 walks from the cubs, who only manage 3 hits off Yamamoto, and they got no hits or runs off 4 Dodger relievers. Imanaga pitched 4 innings allowing no hits or runs for Chicago.

The important thing: CUBS LOSE CUBS LOSE CUBS LOSE CUBS LOSE CUBS LOSE CUBS LOSE CUBS LOSE

I'm not worried about the CUBS, I'm worried about the CARDINALS.

Cubs losing helps the Cardinals.

[Ozziesfan41]

The dodgers may challenge the all time team lead in wins this season. It would suck to be a fan of a team in their division. The cubs fans are like well they will sweep us but a least we are in the joke of a central division

Meh, maybe, maybe not. They had their least amount of regular season wins last year in like 7 years after signing Ohtani and Yamamato and they got a historically great season out of Ohtani.

That was with just about their rotation being on the IL at one time or another and they still won the division and the World Series. They will win the division easily if their rotation is even close to healthy yea they will challenge it

It will be a strong division though, there aren’t a lot of easy wins from it. Close to half of the NL (LA, Philly, NYM, Atlanta, Arizona, SD) is pretty darn solid. Easy wins might be Colorado, Miami, Washington, maybe us/Pirates depending on how things shake out. But even the Pirates have a nice top 3 starters in Skenes, Jones, and Keller that won’t make those days easy wins. I just don’t think it will be that easy for them to challenge the win record.

Im comfortable saying they will win it. They won it 11 of the past 12 seasons the only season they didnt they still won 106 games lol which to win 106 games and still not win the division blows my mind. They won 98 with a rotation decimated by injuries last season and still won the world series.. They have won 100 or more games 5 of the last 8 seasons and won 104 or more games 4 of them. The dodgers winning their division is pretty much the safest bet you can make. And they are off to a 2-0 start this season

Never said they wouldn’t win the division, I do think they will. I should have been more clear on what I was talking about before. But I don’t think they challenge the record for wins. They play in too tough of a division to do that and there are too many “elite-ish” teams in the NL right now to do that IMO.

Thats fair. I still think if their rotation stays even close to healthy they can easily challenge it They won 111 in 2022 and this years team is probably even better

[OldRed]

Dodgers 4 - small bears 1 at the Tokyo Dome. Dodgers receive 8 walks from the cubs, who only manage 3 hits off Yamamoto, and they got no hits or runs off 4 Dodger relievers. Imanaga pitched 4 innings allowing no hits or runs for Chicago.

The important thing: CUBS LOSE CUBS LOSE CUBS LOSE CUBS LOSE CUBS LOSE CUBS LOSE CUBS LOSE

I'm not worried about the CUBS, I'm worried about the CARDINALS.

Cubs losing helps the Cardinals.

Not if the Cardinals can't win.

[Cranny]

I’m not worried about the Cardinals. That’s no fun. I’m looking forward to enjoying some regular season games.

[George Zipp]

In Japan, at 3am or something close locally. Kudos to the MLB marketing folks. They really do a top notch job. Who the hell is getting up or staying up to watch this (bleep) other than family members, die hard loyals of the two teams or insomniacs?

Obviously the 2 games aren’t really about us, it’s about growing the game globally.

Sure I understand your point. Does baseball really need growing in Japan? They have had a robust professional league for decades. If this was about growing the game these games would be played in France, or the Czech Republic or Tanzania.

This was 100% a field trip and a thank you love letter for Ohtani and the other Japanese players. I'm fine with that and it's obviously MLB's right. The PR for MLB right now is in a rough spot and IMO it doesn't help that you open the season in the middle of the night across the ocean in a place you don't need to.

[OldRed]

I’m not worried about the Cardinals. That’s no fun. I’m looking forward to enjoying some regular season games.

You are only interested in seeing a few regular season games? No spring training trip again this year?

[Cranny]

I’m not worried about the Cardinals. That’s no fun. I’m looking forward to enjoying some regular season games.

You are only interested in seeing a few regular season games? No spring training trip again this year?

Couldn’t go this year. Watching some ST games on TV.