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« Reply #23220 on: October 16, 2025, 08:45:20 pm »
Looks like the Dodgers are going to sweep the Brewers, which would be a surprise to only a few. A reminder of just how wide a gap we still have to bridge.
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« Reply #23221 on: October 16, 2025, 08:50:46 pm »
When you can throw out a HOF caliber starter every game it's...advantageous.
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« Reply #23222 on: October 16, 2025, 09:33:13 pm »
It's fascinating how the Dodgers have made a salary cap seem like a desirable concept.  The unintended consequence of abusing one's market advantage.  Will a Japanese talent pipeline draft be next?
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« Reply #23223 on: October 16, 2025, 09:41:34 pm »
It resembles what the EPL has become, to an extent.
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« Reply #23224 on: October 17, 2025, 09:35:21 pm »
Ohtani’s night so far: 2-2, 2 HRs, BB, 6 IP, 1 hit, 10 Ks.

Will the winner of the ALCS even take a game?  The Ms have enough SP and the Jays enough bats to defy the odds an win one, I think - you won’t get anything off the Dodgers’ SP but Ohtani and Glasnow are likely 6 inning guys and their pen is vulnerable enough to score one or two.
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« Reply #23225 on: October 17, 2025, 10:04:45 pm »
The World Series will really test the Dodgers' just-be-healthy-in-October strategy. Ohtani, Glasnow, and Snell combined for a total of 198 2/3 IP in the regular season. They're all overdue for yet another injury.

I'm hoping for a Mariners championship, but I'm cheering for whoever wins the ALCS. I think either team has a good chance.
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« Reply #23226 on: October 17, 2025, 10:26:11 pm »
Dodgers made that as boring a series as I can ever remember.  Total domination.  Reminder of how little regular-season record can mean, when a team has a way different health situation at end than throughout the season. 
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« Reply #23227 on: October 17, 2025, 10:38:53 pm »
The Dodgers spent 153M on their top 6 players this year:

Ohtani, Betts, Freeman, Snell, Glasnow, Yamamoto.

Seems like it paid off.
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« Reply #23228 on: October 17, 2025, 11:07:40 pm »
I mentioned earlier how the Forbes MLB team revenues are guesswork at best.

Here's how bad it is regarding the one U.S. team that has to publicly report revenues: Atlanta Braves.

First link is the public report Braves themselves report.

Second link is the Forbes-based revenues estimates.

Atlanta Braves Holdings Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2024 Financial Results
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc. (“ABH”) (Nasdaq: BATRA, BATRK) today reported fourth quarter and year end 2024…...
Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc. · bravesholdings.com


MLB revenue by team 2024| Statista
Which MLB team generates the most revenue? In 2024, the Dodgers and Yankees took the top two spots.
Statista · statista.com
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« Reply #23229 on: October 17, 2025, 11:20:50 pm »
So, as above, Forbes could just report the ACTUAL publicly reported Braves 2024 income.

If they did that, the number would be $662.7 M in revenues, including all ballpark related revenues, that is, including The Battery revenues.

Or, $595.4 M if you want to limit revenues to baseball-only revenues, excluding The Battery.

So, what does Forbes report as Braves 2024 revenues?

$510 M. Based on what?

This is not remotely accurate.  Why is it difficult to be accurate for the one team that has a legal duty to report their finances?

So, if anybody wants to cite revenues to player payroll ratios or the like, the Forbes numbers are probably BS.



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« Reply #23230 on: October 18, 2025, 12:03:49 am »
Quote from: brjones on October 17, 2025, 10:04:45 pm
The World Series will really test the Dodgers' just-be-healthy-in-October strategy. Ohtani, Glasnow, and Snell combined for a total of 198 2/3 IP in the regular season. They're all overdue for yet another injury.

I'm hoping for a Mariners championship, but I'm cheering for whoever wins the ALCS. I think either team has a good chance.

They just played it smart. They're like one of those NBA superteams that knows they're so good that home court doesn't matter, so they rest the hell out of their stars in the regular season knowing they'll mow through higher seeds in the playoffs.
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« Reply #23231 on: October 18, 2025, 12:10:27 am »
Ohtani was unreal tonight.

Not the first time of course but what a display. The second homer was mind-boggling.

In 1965, the Dodgers HOF pitcher got Don Drysdale 138 PAs and had an OPS+ of 140. Drysdale actually had 2.1 bWAR in 1965 as a hitter.  His 140 OPS+ was, by far, the best on the club.

1965 Dodgers won the World Series. Drysdale and Sandy Koufax, combined, pitched 644 innings out of the Dodgers total of 1476 team innings pitched for the season.  Think about that. Two guys pitching 44% of all innings. In the WS, they pitched 36 innings out of 60 total. And won 3 of the 4 Dodgers wins. The 1965 Dodgers were Koufax and Drysdale, period.

Another era.  Ohtani is an era of his own.
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« Reply #23232 on: October 18, 2025, 12:39:07 am »
Dodgers won 93 games this season.

But sometimes a team goes into post-season not reflective of their season Wins.

We saw that in 2021 when Braves won WS as an 88 Wins team in regular season. But Braves were 34-18 in August/September that season and were not really an 88 win caliber team entering post-season.

Dodgers now seem more like a 110 Wins team than the 93 Wins team that they were in the regular season. Hurt guys are healthy, etc. etc.

Cubs on June 3 of this season—thru 60 games—were on a pace to win 103 games.

If Tucker and PCA had got hot again on, say, Sept 15 and stayed hot and Horton stayed healthy, Cubs might have gone into post-season as a 100+ Wins caliber team. That’s who they were thru a lot of games.

You just don’t know how things turn out late. Dodgers conceivably could have got some guys hurt late instead of early. Fortinately for them, their timing was impeccable.

When Hoyer talks about a perennial 90 Wins Cubs team, think maybe he’s driving at that. You might actually be quite a bit better than a 90-win team in the post-season depending on the vagaries in baseball. Takes good timing, good fortune, good breaks.

Helps to be smart about things too….. and Dodgers are very smart on top of their huge payroll advantages. Not just payroll or good luck. They are good at what they do.
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« Reply #23233 on: October 18, 2025, 01:17:34 am »
Ohtani's three HR were 446, 469, and 427'.
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« Reply #23234 on: October 18, 2025, 01:56:43 am »
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Zack Scott @ZackScottSports 3h
In the quick-hook era, the Dodgers' rotation is dealing: 5 straight starts allowing 3 hits or fewer.

This postseason:
64.1 IP, 1.40 ERA, 0.75 WHIP
81 K, 19 BB
6.1 IP per start

Their starters have given up just 29 hits total through 10 games. October dominance!


In case anyone was worried on the Dodgers' behalf, all of them are signed through at least 2028 (and that's a team option for Glasnow).
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