Los Angeles Dodgers Favored for MLB's Best Record in 2025

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00:00The team that is favored to have the best record at the end of 162 of them.

00:05Yeah, minus 150 that price right now, DRS,

00:08despite the Detroit Tigers having the best record in baseball

00:11by a full game in front of L.A. at 59-38.

00:16Yeah, the Dodgers' last 10 games, 3-7 heading into the break,

00:19and they won those games on Saturday and Sunday to say,

00:21you know what, it's not at all that disastrous close to the regular season

00:24as we still sit five and a half games above the Padres,

00:27but also the best team in Major League Baseball talent-wise,

00:30when they're healthy, it is the Los Angeles Dodgers.

00:32That's why they're the favorite right now,

00:33and the expectations in two weeks when we get the trade deadline,

00:37the Dodgers will actually be improving themselves even more.

00:40It's astounding when we see, like, the Dodgers,

00:42oh, look at that, they actually lost 39 games in the first half of the season.

00:45It's like, man, that's impossible.

00:46That's incredible that they did that.

00:48No, they still sit with one of the best records in Major League Baseball,

00:51and the expectations are we probably expect them to be even better in the second half

00:55once they get that starting staff rectified.

00:57And Shohei Ohtani goes from one to two to three to five innings

01:00and is a normal starter every five to six days.

01:03So I don't have an issue there with the Dodgers because they do have the pedigree.

01:06You look at the Tigers, hey, they won a championship last year.

01:09You know who did win it?

01:10The Los Angeles Dodgers.

01:11That's why they're favored at minus 150 and absolutely should be.

01:15Yeah, NDRS, when you look at the updated win totals here at the All-Star break for,

01:21of course, what we have around Major League Baseball.

01:23Oh, by the way, a new market.

01:25Most team wins in July of 2025.

01:29Of course, the Red Sox are the favorites of plus 230 because Boston is 110 straight.

01:34Now here at the All-Star break.

01:37When you look at those win totals around the bigs,

01:40I said the updated number on the L.A. Dodgers, 100 and a half.

01:43What is the updated win total on Detroit?

01:4696 and a half.

01:47Slight juice on the under at minus 114.

01:51Of course, last year was, I think, the first season since 2015.

01:55Something close to at least a decade.

01:58We did not have a 100-game winner in Major League Baseball.

02:02Sure, at the end of it, we had the two biggest brands and the biggest payrolls in the sport

02:06in the L.A. Dodgers and the New York Yankees competing in a World Series.

02:11But nobody in the regular season got to 100 wins.

02:15I gave you that updated win total on the Dodgers.

02:17They are the only team that is a slight favorite to win 100-plus games right now at minus 138.

02:24The Tigers, the second-best price at plus 240.

02:26Cubbies, the third-best number at four to one.

02:29Yes, and also, by the way, the Dodgers, the start of the season,

02:32what was their price point getting in on the win total?

02:35Was it 104 and a half, like 105 and a half, something like that?

02:38Yeah, so not correctly on those expectations,

02:41but I do think the Dodgers will be playing a lot of meaningful baseball down the stretch.

02:45And why is that important?

02:46Because understand this.

02:47If the Dodgers are getting pushback from the Padres and the Giants,

02:50that final 10 days of the season means we are throwing our best guys

02:53and we need to win these ballgames.

02:55We know how it gets to because until you have that win, it's not in your pocket.

02:59What do I mean by that?

03:00Like you said, you need to get to 100 wins.

03:01There's four games left, man.

03:03We have 99 wins.

03:04Of course they want to get to 100.

03:05What happens if that's 100 and a half?

03:07They go, okay, got our 100th win, already clinched the division,

03:10already have our seeding figured.

03:12Last three games of the season, no starters are going to play in these games.

03:15We're going to rest up and get ready for the playoffs.

03:17You're like, oh my goodness, I'm left at the altar by one win at that point.

03:21So it's important, Nook, if you are cheering on a Dodgers team total,

03:24whether it's from the beginning of the season or now,

03:26you know who else you're cheering on?

03:28The Padres, Giants, and the Diamondbacks as well.

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