i sent this to Tal as i found a great article
as he then told me the money gap is huge
the dodgers have an $8.35 billion, 25-year tv contract with Time Warner Cable! not the league, just them, for LA
i didn't want to be harsh on the suggestions without doing some work myself
The article is really really fascinating
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http://grantland.com/the-triangle/mlb-los-angeles-dodgers-outlook-2015-and-beyond/this is a must read if you want to oppose the dodgers, with the padres and the nats, with the marlins
goes through the advantages they have, and how they might fail
the padres have added some power bats and lester one of the leading pitchers this season
last year they won 77 games
the expected total in markets for this year is 84 so some improvement is factored in
last year the dodgers won the division with 94 wins
that i suppose is why the padres are they price they are....you need the dodgers to fall back and the padres to improve
if after reading this you want them for value, let the thread know
the marlins
77 wins last season
the nats won with 96 wins
so there needs to be a 20 game swing!
projections are 93 and 81 but it needs to be a lot more pronounced than that for the marlins to win the division
if i had to pick one of the two i would say padres over marlins"