Welcome to another edition of the Dodger Whisperer.

I have elected to post here as what I am about to confess is essentially past posting. I believe I can offer a teaching moment that should scare gamblers to safer wagers like AMC.

First the facts:
Parlay:
Baseball - 951 Los Angeles Dodgers -182 for Game
Tennis - 201020 Zverev, Alexander -753 for Match W

I knocked Dodgers down to -133.
I’m ALL IN. It’s Bitcoin time if I lose.
Am I happy? Not really. Beating the line is over rated. Being right matters.


Let’s talk about Walker Buehler. Perhaps we need to talk again about spin rates and cheating LAD aka Spin City.

I really don’t care about the cheating (it’s baseball) but the holier than thou bullshit is ridiculous from LA. Calling them out. It’s my job. I’m good at it and I play to my strength.

The Dodgers’ main four starting pitchers this season — Trevor Bauer, Walker Buehler, Clayton Kershaw and Julio Urías — rank in the top nine for average four-seam fastball spin rates among qualified pitchers entering Saturday, according to Baseball Savant. Bauer is first, Buehler second, Kershaw eighth and Urías ninth.
A quick glance at Major League Baseball’s spin rate leaderboards — accessible for anyone with a computer and an internet connection — is all that’s needed to know that the Dodgers’ pitching staff spins baseballs better than any other.
Sports Illustrated took it one step further in a report this week, calculating that the Dodgers have increased their spin rate by 7.04% from last season to this season, more than any other team. The report referred to Los Angeles as “Spin City.”

Trevor Bauer is positively taunting the MLB. He is offering a Prima Facie case - before and after.

He gives zero fucks about the attention he is drawing to his team mates. His father was a pitching coach. Pitching “right” is his crusade. It’s his brand. That will be forever. Long after the Dodgers.

Bauer wants the attention. He will throw the ball over the center field fence and post vlogs daily. He is a Kardashian.


I believe the Dodgers and Buehler will throw the same shit until the league gives them a call. But has that call been made?

Dodgers against this righty gas can Brubaker for Pittsburgh should be fine. Pittsburgh has the bullpen edge and we will have to fade that.

Maybe Dodgers team total was the correct answer. I believe -130’ish is the right price not -200. Trying to luckbox a value pick with Pittsburgh is not winning baseball or gambling.

But enough about me.

I think the Dodgers and Spin City is the greatest story in baseball.