Plenty of folks are backing the Los Angeles Dodgers, which makes sense given the talent they’ve assembled and the achievements they’ve already realized. Remember, this group claimed both of the past two championships and has since added two-time Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal, three-time All-Star closer Edwin Díaz and four-time All-Star outfielder Kyle Tucker.
MLB on Fox’s Dontrelle Willis backed the Dodgers for “that rotation, timely hitting, and most important, experience.” His colleague, David Ortiz, also took the Dodgers, noting simply, “We’ve been watching the Dodgers whooping everybody every year, man, and I still don’t get enough of it.”
The Athletic’s Austin Green also backed L.A., opining that the club “just won 100 games while appearing to be in second gear for most of the season.” Rotoworld’s Matthew Pouliot went L.A., too, saying that improved performance from the bullpen has removed “their biggest weakness.”
Experts still aren’t overwhelmingly taking the Dodgers the way the oddsmakers say they probably should, but the two-time champs aren’t hurting for support.
