Here is reason No. 29 the Dodgers will win the 2018 World Series:

Experience

There is a prevailing school of thought in sports that winning a championship is a process that requires yearly progress and perseverance. You keep getting closer every year until you finally break through.

Well, that’s what the Dodgers have done in three consecutive seasons.

They lost in the 2015 National League Division Series. Lost in the 2016 Championship Series. Lost in the 2017 World Series.

Each year, the Dodgers get a little bit closer, a little more wiser and learn a little more about what it takes to win it all.

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Chase Utley is back with the Dodgers for his 16th season, quite simply due to his experience and leadership in the clubhouse. (Photo courtesy of Dodgers Photo Stream @Dodgers on Instagram)

With a Game 7 World Series loss now in L.A.’s back pocket, the club enters 2018 as experienced as any in what it takes to win a championship.

Pitchers such as Kenley Jansen and Clayton Kershaw with plenty of postseason innings pitched. Offensive mainstays like Justin Turner, now the Dodgers all-time leader in RBIs in the postseason. Leaders like Chase Utley, a former World Series champion with the even-keeled demeanor needed to pace a team during the marathon Major League Baseball season.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are loaded up on experience, and it should be a driving force in getting back to–and this time winning the World Series.

It’s been 30 years since the Dodgers last World Series triumph in 1988. In honor of the ’88 team and respect for the championship-caliber 2018 club, we present our “30 in 30” Spring Training series: 30 reasons why the Dodgers can win the World Series in 2018. We’ll count down from No. 30 to No. 1 every day up to Opening Day against the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium.