Ohtani Out Again, Dodgers' Lineup Struggles Continue

We are getting some news here, Tom. I don't know if you can confirm this, but I'm seeing once again there is no Otani in the lineup for the Dodgers tonight. Are you seeing that? He was out of the lineup last night and for the Dodgers, yeah, he is not in there again. Edmund is leading off. Mookie Betts, Teos Hernandez, the hero from last night, Will Smith, Muncy Rojas, Carl Tucker, and Kike Hernandez. It's interesting to see what the Dodgers are doing and this is a point where, listen, if you took the under on the Dodgers team total or team total wins this season, which was 103 if I remember correctly, somewhere around there, you know, you were looking in a good spot and this is what everyone's worried about. They have a 10-game lead come September 1st and they just take their foot off the gas, but you know, more than that, the Dodgers have looked pretty mediocre for a month at this point. Like, they have just been super, super average and yeah, it's the benefit that they had a 15-game lead or whatever it was. They can kind of just put things on bruise control, but more importantly, Fred Freeman, the power, has not been there. He had his first home run two nights ago, three nights ago, whenever it was, the first home run he had since July 4th. Otani still has this bicep issue that has caused him to have a setback on the mound, which I don't think he's going to resume throwing at any point, which means he's probably not going to be pitching in the postseason. And now he's still dealing with that, which has caused him to come out of the lineup for now two nights in a row. So, if there's any time to continue to fade the Dodgers, I think it's really coming down to the close of the season. Take as much plus money as you can get and stop laying these heavy prices, especially when they're facing hungry teams like the Cardinals throwing in. I'm not saying you should take a plus 300 price every time they play the Rockies, but a competent team that's in the wildcard hunt with the Cardinals, there was a reasonable estimation to just take them in multiple games this past week. Yeah, I mean, you know, Snell on the mound. Like, it's just, have we not learned with the Dodgers that this is how you burn through your bankroll by expecting them to win? This is not the same Dodgers team that has won the last two. And don't forget, they barely won it last year. I had to go to seven games against Toronto. I'm not worried about the Dodgers if Otani don't pitch, but I'm worried about the Dodgers if Otani don't hit.