Nick

Dodger?

Don’t believe the Joe Davis propaganda. There’s a reason he’s the voice of baseball. 🗣️

The worst thing about sports and social media today is fans accusing a team of cheating because they’re winning. Brewers are on a magical run. Stop whining.

How can the Dodgers get younger in 2027? 🤔 Below, I came up with a hypothetical Opening Day roster for the 2027 Dodgers. The only free agent I have them resigning is Evan Phillips (I think they will make multiple move throughout the offseason but this is just for the sake of argument) I have them trading away Teoscar Hernandez as well as not resigning older free agents like Blake Treinen and Kike Hernandez. Below is my hypothetical 2027 roster with their ages in April (I picked April because who knows when Opening Day will be). 2027 Opening Day Roster with age: DH Shoehi Ohtani - 32.9 C Will Smith - 32.1 1B Freddie Freeman - 37.7 2B Tommy Edman - 31.11 3B Max Muncy - 36.8 SS Mookie Betts - 34.6 OF Josue De Paula - 21.11 OF Andy Pages - 26.4 OF Kyle Tucker - 30.3 Bench: Hunter Feduccia - 29.10 Alex Call - 32.7 Alex Freeland - 25.8 Hyeseong Kim - 28.3 Rotation:  Yoshinobu Yamamoto - 28.8 Shohei Ohtani - 32.9 Blake Snell - 33.4 Tyler Glasnow - 33.8 Roki Sasaki - 25.5 Emmet Sheehan - 26.5 Bullpen: Edwin Diaz - 33.1 Tanner Scott - 32.9 Edgardo Henriquez - 24.10 Evan Phillips - 32.7 Jack Dreyer - 28.2 Brock Stewart - 35.6 Will Klein - 27.5 Justin Wrobleski - 26.9 The Dodgers average team age was 30.8 (the oldest team in baseball in 2026). This roster has them at 30.3 Again, this isn’t my prediction for what the roster will be, just an exercise to see HOW they COULD get younger. Not a big difference but a tad younger.

A comparison of the Dodgers offensive stats in the 1st half, 2nd half, w RISP, & postseason the last 3 seasons👇 2024: 1H OPS: .769 (1st) - 2H OPS: .800 (2nd) 1H OPS w RISP: .740 (16th) - 2H OPS w RISP: .866 (2nd) Postseason OPS w RISP: .874 (1st) 2025: 1H OPS: .776 (2nd) - 2H OPS: .756 (7th) 1H OPS w RISP: .891 (1st) - 2H OPS w RISP: .748 (19th) Postseason OPS w RISP: .625 (3rd to last) 2026: 1H OPS: .777 (1st) - 2H OPS: .741 (4th) 1H OPS w RISP: .791 (1st)  - 2H OPS w RISP: .762 (11th) Postseason OPS w RISP: .409 (worst of any team to play more than 2 games)

Dodger free agents this offseason👇 Blake Treinen  Probably retires. Miguel Rojas Retiring. Brusdar Greterol Not coming back. Eric Lauer I guess maybe, but he’ll get money from someone to eat innings as a starter. Kiké Hernandez Honestly no idea. Kris Bubic Sneaky wouldn't mind to see him back, probably wants to start though and someone will sign him for that. Evan Phillips My opinion, the most likely to return. Alex Vesia Would love to see him back but someone likely pays him good money to leave. Tarik Skubal I actually think there’s a great shot they could get him back but who knows what he’ll demand and how the lockout affects it.

The Dodgers finish the postseason slashing: .195/.267/.323 as a team  .590 OPS with a 63 wRC+ In 8 postseason games, the Dodgers went 5 for 43 with runners in scoring position. OPS for the postseason: Kyle Tucker: .938 Miguel Rojas: .929 Max Muncy: .791 Shohei Ohtani: .631 Andy Pages: .629 Freddie Freeman: .621 Mookie Betts: .550 Teoscar Hernandez: .519 Kiké Hernandez : .357 Will Smith: .286 Tommy Edman: .204

I’ve seen a lot of Yankee fans poking fun at Shohei Ohtani for his postseason struggles and suggesting Aaron Judge has been better in the postseason. I’m gonna prove that wrong in 3 easy point👇 1. Aaron Judge in the postseason: .236 AVG | .346 OBP | .476 SLG | .822 OPS Shohei Ohtani in the postseason: .239 AVG | .379 OBP | .510 SLG | .889 OPS 139 wRC+ for Ohtani compared to a 124 wRC+ for Judge. 2. Aaron Judge has played in the postseason 7 different times (8 if you include the 2021 WC game) He’s played in 65 postseason games with 293 plate appearances Shohei Ohtani has played in the postseason just 3 times (All 3 seasons with the Dodgers) He’s played in 41 postseason games with 155 plate appearance Yet, Aaron Judge has only 5 more home runs and 8 more XBH than Ohtani in 24 more playoff games. 3. What’s Aaron Judge’s defining moment in the postseason? The home run vs the Blue Jays in Game 3 of the ALDS? What’s Shohei Ohtani’s defining postseason moment? Hitting 3 home runs and striking out 10 batters in the same game his team clinched the pennant. This isn’t to tear down Judge and say he’s been bad in the playoffs, that’s a false narrative. But don’t get it twisted, even with Ohtani playing MISERABLE this postseason, his October numbers still clear Judge. 🤷‍♂️

Context is everything. When you create a “championship or bust” expectation, getting swept in the NLCS is a failure. With that said, the team with the LEAST pressure to win a World Series was the one that previously won the last two. 14 consecutive postseason appearances. 13 division titles in that time. 9 NLCS appearances. 5 NL pennants. 3 Championships. The most successful franchise of the last 15 years.