Analyzing MLB Trade Deadline Impact on World Series Odds

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00:00Mark the movement, people, on the early line on a Friday morning

00:03because we always take a look at the season, right?

00:05Ooh, we have a lot of fun from, you know, February and March

00:08and lining up the World Series odds and once teams take the field in April

00:11and early May and then the All-Star break.

00:13But the big one here is the trade deadline because teams do improve themselves.

00:17I always used to talk about the Los Angeles Dodgers, Joe, saying, you know,

00:20the team that they're going to have now, not the team they're going to have

00:22at the deadline, similar to many teams.

00:24Same thing with the Padres.

00:25I think the Padres are a better team today.

00:26I think the Yankees are a better team today.

00:28I think the Philadelphia Phillies are a better team today.

00:30Same thing with the New York Mets.

00:31So the haves and the have-nots, as we like to talk about.

00:33But if you look at some of the odds, particularly with the Dodgers,

00:37how about this, though?

00:38The Dodgers were a plus-220 price on Monday to win the World Series.

00:42The Dodgers today, Joe, they're a plus-240 price, and I want to start there

00:45because so many times, including myself, we always figure that the Dodgers

00:49at the trade deadline will win the day.

00:52More money to spend than anybody else, more prospects than anybody,

00:54and they feel they have a need to fill.

00:56They're going to go out and get the best prospect.

00:58Now, granted, if it maybe was the bullpen, they didn't really want to fortify

01:01because they have a pretty good one.

01:02Understandable.

01:03There weren't unbelievable bats out there in the marketplace

01:05outside of Eugenio Suarez, and maybe they didn't want to just dip

01:08into that prospect pool to get that player.

01:10But it's interesting to me where, like, the first time you see it,

01:13that's like a losing streak.

01:14Like, the Dodgers lost a price point.

01:16Why?

01:17Because the team in their division got really good,

01:19and that was the Padres, Joe.

01:20Yeah, well, exactly.

01:23And the Padres, and again, A.J. Pell, are one of the most aggressive

01:27general managers in all of Major League Baseball,

01:30and you've got to love that.

01:31If you're a Padres fan, then you know there's no question in your mind

01:36with this GM that if he thinks he's got a shot,

01:40he's going to be pushing chips all in.

01:42He's going to do whatever he's got to do to make this team better.

01:44It has been more exciting with Padres baseball over the last three

01:49and four years, Donnie, than it has been in a very, very long time.

01:54But ultimately, it's going to come down to it,

01:56because the Dodgers didn't do a whole lot.

01:58I mean, they kind of, you know, they had a little bit of depth.

02:02They got rid of Dusty May.

02:04They, you know, okay, great.

02:07Is it enough?

02:08Ultimately, it's going to be the question.

02:10Is it enough for the Padres who ultimately in the postseason,

02:13even with all those high-priced names and players

02:17over the last couple of years, still couldn't catch the Dodgers?

02:20Will it be enough this year,

02:22especially with Otani coming back into the rotation?

02:25It's going to be interesting.

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