Happy Opening Day! The long journey to the 2018 World Series begins today with the arch rival San Francisco Giants in town for a four game set at Dodger Stadium. We complete our “30 IN 30” series with a simple call to arms for this 2018 Dodgers club. Here is reason No. 1 the Dodgers will win the 2018 World ...

It’s the Los Angeles Dodgers last off day of the preseason, after a pungent ending to Spring Training. Which means we’ve made it to the most important “player” reason (hint: reason No. 1 isn’t a player) in this 30 IN 30 countdown. It’s the obvious one. Clayton Kershaw Clayton Kershaw has been flawless in Spring Training and is primed for another ...

Finally, the top five. The five biggest reasons the Dodgers will win it all in 2018. Most of these are the most important players on the roster. One may surprise you. This one shouldn’t. Here is reason No. 5 the Dodgers will win the 2018 World Series: Kenley Jansen Kenley Jansen was first signed as a catcher by the Dodgers. ...

Pitching is everything, that’s a fact. Here is reason No. 7 the Dodgers will win the 2018 World Series: Bullpen The Dodgers have quietly put together a tough, balanced bullpen over the last couple seasons and it shined brightest during last year’s dominant postseason. They set a postseason record with 23 straight scoreless innings. They only walked two batters in ...

There is no winning if an organization isn’t ran properly. There is only misery. The Dodgers don’t have that problem. Here is reason No. 9 the Dodgers will win the 2018 World Series: Front Office It just can’t be overstated the job that Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman and General Manager Farhan Zaidi have done in building a ...

It’s time to get creative. Obviously, in order for the Dodgers to win there have to be some reason the other good teams don’t. Here are some of those reasons. The Contenders No. 16 Colorado Rockies Starting pitching. They will always have a powerful lineup that can put runs on the board. What they don’t have? Pitching. And they let ...

Here is reason No. 28 the Dodgers will win the 2018 World Series: Yasiel Puig When Yasiel Puig is right, he’s one of the most electrifying players in the game today. He brings the swagger and confidence no matter if he’s playing well or not. It’s something that the Dodgers need and should welcome, after they watched the Astros’ swag ...

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 ...

The 2017 Dodgers season ended one win short of a World Series title. We now move on to the 2018 season, which marks 30 years since the Los Angeles Dodgers last won the World Series. This breaks the hearts of many Santa Clarita Dodgers’ faithful. Today also marks 30 days until Opening Day where the Dodgers will start their campaign ...

It will be a full 30 years before the Dodgers have another chance to return World Series glory to the city of Los Angeles. Wednesday, the opportunity for a 2017 championship slipped away in the 5-1 loss to the Astros in Game 7, ending a 55-year championship drought for Houston. It was an anti-climactic finish to a roller coaster season, ...