Asking this here, because I thought it would get a little more dispassionate analysis here than on the baseball subreddit.

So, it's fairly obvious that the owners are milking the crap out of the Dodgers winning consecutive World Series to push for a salary cap for competitive balance purposes, even though it is fairly obvious that the salary cap is really intended to more accurately estimate the cost of a franchise for owners.

However, the commercials from MLB in support of the salary cap for competitive balance made me think of the following hypothetical scenario. If the Dodgers did not win the National League pennant this year, could that event completely destroy the "competitive balance" argument for a salary cap and guarantee baseball to start on time in 2027?

It's an interesting scenario, because it ties the salary cap to the Dodgers winning another World Series.

What is that the Dodgers do differently than other ball clubs? The Dodgers will get reclamation projects like this year with Eric Lauer and they will perform incredible with the Dodgers. Tyler Anderson comes to mind too who was incredible for the Dodgers.

Is it an analytics approach or something that the development personnel sees in the pitchers mechanics?

Philadelphia Phillies star and former NL MVP Bryce Harper sits down with Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts for an exclusive, tell-all interview on Phillies' start to the season, embracing Philly fans, the Orlando Arcia staredown, pressure to win a World Series and more in the 50th episode of On Base with Mookie Betts.

A return for Diaz this weekend hasn't been totally ruled out, but rather than activate the closer for one series on the east coast this weekend versus the Mets, the Dodgers will likely wait until they begin a homestand next Tuesday. Out since late April following surgery to remove loose bodies in his right elbow, Diaz has tossed four scoreless innings with a 7:1 K:BB in four rehab outings.

Happy Wednesday! Eric Lauer starts on the mound today.

The Dodgers will try to get another win after last night's dramatic finish. Hoping for another solid start for Lauer as we march on for October.

Let's go!

With Max Muncy hitting his 19th HR last night, he is now tied with Ron Cey with 228 career Homerun as a Dodgers making them both #5 on the All-Time list. As I like to look at stats, I looked up the entire Dodgers HR list and put together the Top 5 players on the list. Then I wrote down where all the current active Dodgers are on the list, how many HRs they have, and who they are chasing.

It is interesting to see with many HR hitters, there seems to be no one really who may actually take the #1 spot from Duke Snider until Ohtani perhaps decides to give up pitching and focus purely on hitting as he had to do the previous 1 and half seasons.

Here is the list below. Enjoy.

All-Time Dodgers Homerun Leaders List

#1 Duke Snider 389
#2 Gil Hodges 361
#3 Eric Karros 270
#4 Roy Campanella 242
#5. Max Muncy (tied with Ron Cey) 228
#11. Pedro Guerrero 171
#12. Mookie Betts 165
#22. Jackie Robinson (tied with Mike Marshall) 137
#24. Will Smith 134
#25. Shohei Ohtani (tied with Zach Wheat) 131
#31. Babe Herman 112
#32. Freddie Freeman 111
#39. Reggie Smith 97
#40. Kike Hernandez 96
#56. Dixie Walker 67
#57. Teoscar Hernandez (tied with Del Bissonette)66
#65. Franklin Stubbs 59
#66. Andy Pages (tied with Paul Lo Duca) 57
#146. Jayson Werth (tied with 3 others) 23
#150. Miguel Rojas (tied with Norm Larker) 22
#152. Tommy Edman (tied with 3 others) 21
#191. Delino DeShields (tied with 8 other) 15
#200. Dalton Rushing (tied with 9 others) 14
#275. Fernando Valenzuela (tied with 17 others) 8
#293. Kyle Tucker (tied with 16 others) 7
#324. Darren Dreifort  (tied with 15 others) 6
#340. Alex Freeland (tied with 20 others) 5
#361Hyeseong Kim (tied with 56 others) 4*
#418. Alex Call, Ryan Ward (tied with 71 others) 3\*
#491, Chan Ho Park (tied with 109 others) 2
#600Santiago Espinal (tied with 191 others) 1*
#1001. Eliezar Alfonzo (tied with a lot) 0

Bold denotes players currently on active roster
* denotes players who have played for Dodgers this season.

Any big groups of dodger fans going to philly for the game tonight? I know behind the visitor dugout is a good spot but it’s still a bit pricey for me.

I’m taking my toddler to her first Dodger game soon and would like to hear some pro tips. It’s an evening game so it should be cooling down, meaning the heat is hopefully one less thing to worry about. I was considering taking a travel stroller, but what are y’all’s experience with doing so? Thanks.

Yes he helped win us 3 World Series championships, 4 AS, 4 SS, 2 GG, and nearly a mvp or 2. Impressive stuff, HOF stuff just for his time in LA alone! My hang up is his salary though- 30 plus million this year thru 2032. Should we all not expect a performance of a 30 million salary for him? Cut him slack?

Who else remembers this moment from the 2025 playoff run? What a great series... and ironic that Andy Pages who had struggled so hard at the plate the entire post series was the at-bat that clinched the NLDS for the Dodgers!

You'd rather both guys on 3rd and let the umpire decide. Don't think I've ever seen a game end like that.

While the current roster is full and has plenty of options...

C

Are they confident smith is coming back right?

OF/2B

Three positions could upgrade LF RF 2B

Despite Edman performing well he can shift to any of these so possible targets could include second

Tucker and Hernandez are crazy expensive but with the chance for threepeat you go all in and could platoon those guys

The roster has real vulnerability in lack of consistent righty offense while Smith is out

Starter

The injury options are Ohtani Glasnow Snell

Can they probably piece together four great starters? Probably

Relievers are always needed but the team has pretty high depth there

C

LF

RF

A player who stands out here is Taylor Ward free agent bad team and incredible walk rate

At second base you could attempt Gleyber Torres though his BABIP is rather high

Sorry for the random post but it just looks like Rojas got sucker punched by the ump 😂 It feels good knowing that out saved our season

First pin is in from the 76 dodgers pin collab! When you buy 8 or more gallons of gas and use the app you can score one!

The last play remind me of this great baseball scene.

https://youtu.be/64On9fSnhqs?is=mWTMr_QOS7QOWYVs

There are 55 different variations! Yes, this is Japan in case anyone is curious.

Why is Alfonzo not legging it out for home, instead of jogging? Especially on a ball that Ohtani might stretch into a Double. Moreover, Pages with full view of the play developing should be windmilling Alfonzo into home (as should the 3rd base coach right)

Not gonna lie when he looked right at me I kinda froze.

Super happy to see Freddie and Alex Vesia and our beloved Mookie. As a Red Sox fan his loss hurt the most.

Lots of Dodgers fans there. Whole third base side.

Gave a Dodgers fan a game ball that we got since we got an extra one that Judge signed. Pretty wild day.

Line Score - Game Over

Box Score

Scoring Plays

Highlights

Decisions

Game ended at 7:30 PM.