Dodgers Dugout: These Things Are Guaranteed To Happen To The Dodgers This Season

Hi, and invited to different version of Dodgers Dugout. My sanction is Houston Mitchell. The agelong travel to nan postseason originates today.

As we embark connected nan 12th play of this newsletter, location are definite things, for illustration decease and taxes, that are guaranteed. Here they are.

—The Dodgers will complaint measurement excessively overmuch to parkland successful their poorly designed, poorly lit parking lot.

—Shohei Ohtani will person a crippled wherever he strikes retired 10 and hits aggregate location runs. No 1 will beryllium capable to explicate really he does this until we study he was really sent present by nan aliens from “Project Hail Mary.”

—Ohtani will spell hitless for three-to-four games successful a statement and person a bad pitching outing during nan aforesaid time, starring to immoderate to opportunity he is overpaid.

—Will Smith will drawback astatine slightest 130 games and beryllium successful nan speech for NL MVP.

—The Padres will beryllium amended than astir are saying and their fans will attack nan games pinch nan Dodgers arsenic if it is their World Series.

—The Rockies will beryllium unspeakable again.

—Teoscar Hernández will proceed to struggle arsenic a fielder, but group won’t attraction arsenic overmuch arsenic his bat will beryllium rejuvenated.

—A pitcher nary 1 has heard of will beryllium signed by nan Dodgers disconnected nan waiver wire. He will look successful a crippled and transportation great, possibly moreover getting nan win. The pursuing week, he will beryllium designated for assignment.

—Mookie Betts will triumph nan Gold Glove astatine short, and while he won’t scope his erstwhile heights astatine nan plate, he will deed amended than past season.

—Andy Pages will slump astatine immoderate constituent and fans will request that Ryan Ward, who is hitting .350 pinch astir a cardinal homers successful nan minors, get a chance. He won’t get a chance and Pages will recover.

—Fans will kick that Joe Davis takes excessively galore games disconnected and isn’t a existent Dodger for illustration Vin Scully was, moreover though Vin took conscionable arsenic galore games disconnected for nationalist duties.

—The euphony astatine Dodger Stadium will proceed to beryllium truthful large that moreover nan aliens from “A Quiet Place” will complain. (Editor’s note: Two outer abstraction aliens references successful 1 newsletter. What is incorrect pinch this guy?)

—The astir worn erstwhile Dodger jersey worn by fans astatine nan stadium will proceed to be... Fernando Valenzuela‘s. And it will beryllium for galore years to come.

—Max Muncy will look for illustration nan worst hitter successful shot for an extended period, past he will deed for illustration Babe Ruth.

—Dalton Rushing will beryllium a decent backup for Smith and will deed good capable that he tin spell Freddie Freeman astatine first guidelines connected occasion.

—Freeman will deed .300 again successful what will beryllium his past awesome play astatine nan plate.

—The Dodgers will proceed to “give away” games during nan play successful bid to beryllium fresh for nan postseason. For example, they will let a reliever to return a beating successful a crippled astatine nan commencement of agelong roadworthy travel successful bid to sphere nan remainder of nan bullpen. Some fans will beryllium irate astatine this, reasoning nan Dodgers should effort to triumph each crippled astatine each costs.

—The Cool-A-Coo will not return to Dodger Stadium and will proceed to beryllium missed.

—The Dodgers will proceed to telephone nan basking canine they waste a Dodger Dog, moreover though it tastes thing for illustration a Farmer John Dodger Dog.

—Only 3 pitchers will transportation much than 100 innings, but nan value of nan unit from apical to bottommost will beryllium much accordant passim nan season, allowing them to usage less than 40 pitchers this season.

—Either Blake Treinen aliases Tanner Scott will proceed to transportation poorly, but nan Dodgers, again pinch their oculus connected nan postseason and connected really overmuch money they are paying these guys, will proceed to trot them retired location successful hopes they will rebound.

—Some fans will kick astir nan abhorrent value of going to a Dodger game. They will still spell though, and nan Dodgers will tie 4 million, giving them nary logic to little prices.

—Justin Turner will motion a one-day statement pinch nan squad and past retire.

—Edwin Díaz will prevention 30 games and springiness nan bullpen immoderate much-needed stability.

—Kyle Tucker won’t deed arsenic good arsenic hoped, but will beryllium a important upgrade complete Michael Conforto.

—Hyeseong Kim will travel up astatine immoderate point, wow fans pinch his blazing speed, deed adjacent to .300, and past beryllium sent backmost down.

—Dave Roberts will person a bad crippled aliases 2 wherever he makes a determination that seems nonsensical. Some will request he beryllium fired because “Anyone could negociate this team.” Those group will beryllium wrong.

—You will proceed to request to subscribe to astir a twelve streaming channels to watch each nan Dodger games connected TV. No 1 will.

—Yoshinobu Yamamoto will lead nan squad successful victories.

—Organist Dieter Ruehle will proceed to find nan cleanable opus for immoderate situation.

—Tyler Glasnow will look unbeatable 1 start, past get thrown disconnected his adjacent commencement by a hangnail and transportation for illustration Dave Goltz.

—There will beryllium thrilling victories, agonizing defeats and immoderate boring games. But it will each beryllium worthy it arsenic we look astir and spot each nan different types of Dodger fans retired there, reminding america that shot unites us.

—The Dodgers will decorativeness nan play 98-64 and cruise to nan NL West title. They will not person to play successful nan wild-card game.

—And that intends they will beryllium successful nan postseason wherever ... thing tin happen.

—So, don’t get truthful worried astir nan destination that you hide to bask nan ride.

How galore games will nan Dodgers win?

We asked, How galore games will nan Dodgers triumph this season? After 10,566 responses:

They will triumph 96-100 games, 46.3%
They will triumph 101-110 games, 35.5%
They will triumph 91-95 games, 13.2%
They will group nan grounds by winning much than 116 games, 2.3%
They will triumph 111-115 games, 1.6%
They will triumph 86-90 games, 0.9%
They will decorativeness nether .500, 0.2%
They will triumph 81-85 games, 1 vote

We asked, Will nan Dodgers triumph nan World Series this season? After 10,538 responses:

Yes, 79.1%
No, 20.9%

A stepping way to Dodger Stadium?

Did you cognize location is simply a stepping way to Dodger Stadium? There is simply a one-mile stepping way from nan Chinatown Metro position to Dodger Stadium. There’s 1 problem though, to quote Bill Shaikin‘s file connected nan path: “To spell a very short region safely pinch a emotion that you’re not going to dice is very difficult.”

Read much astir this here.

Up next

Thursday: Arizona (Zac Gallen) astatine Dodgers (Yoshinobu Yamamoto), 5:30 p.m., NBC, Peacock, AM 570, KTNQ 1020

Friday: Arizona (Ryne Nelson) astatine Dodgers (Emmet Sheehan), 7:10 p.m., Sportsnet LA, AM 570, KTNQ 1020

Saturday: Arizona (*-Eduardo Rodriguez) astatine Dodgers (Tyler Glasnow), 6:10 p.m., Sportsnet LA, AM 570, KTNQ 1020

*-left-handed

In lawsuit you missed it

Dodgers motion right-hander Jake Cousins to one-year woody connected eve of opening day

Shaikin: Dodger Walk: A awesome metropolis needs a stepping way to bluish heaven. Do it, Frank McCourt

How Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani tin put himself successful nan 2026 NL Cy Young conversation

And finally

Our opening time tradition: Danny Kaye sings nan Dodgers song. Watch and perceive here.

Until adjacent time....

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