Can the Dodgers win 110 games?

Phil Gurnee ♦ July 17, 2017 ♦ 3 Comments

A few days ago I showed how weak the Dodger 2nd half schedule was and Dan Szymborski chimed in today also showing how weak the Dodger second half schedule is. According to Dan, the Dodger 2nd half opponents have just a .476 winning percentage based on their win/losses as he wrote the article.

The Dodger record right now is 64  – 29, which is a .688 winning percentage.  They have 69 games left.

• If they play one game over .500 at 35 – 34 they end up 99 – 63
• If they play five games over .500 at 37 – 32 they end up 101 – 61
• If they play eleven games over .500 at 40 – 29 they end up 104 – 58
• If they play fifteen games over .500 at 42 – 27 they end up 106 – 56
• If they play twenty-three games over .500 at 46 – 23 they end up 110 – 62

Basically, if the Dodgers can win twice as many games as they lose over the next 69 games they can win 110 games. Is an 110 win season realistic? I think it is for the following reasons.

• The team is loaded and while they won’t go 29 – 4 again, it isn’t hard to see this team continuing to play at a high level for the rest of the year. They haven’t made any trades yet to upgrade the team. They still have Adrian Gonzalez in reserve in case either Bellinger or Taylor hit a wall. I don’t even think Cory Seager or Puig have hit their peaks this year yet.
• The NL is very weak this year.  I think we have already seen major stumbles by the Rockies and Diamondbacks.  The Brewers lead the NL Central with a rotation of pitchers who couldn’t make the Dodgers eight man rotation except for Jimmy Nelson.
• Depth Depth Depth- everywhere

Just for fun, I finished out the season with what I thought was a possible scenario. My best guess came up with 108 wins.  Do 110 wins compared to 108 wins mean anything? Nope, nothing at all. That is what we do here. Nothing at all.