There's a presumption of success here and it's justified. The Dodgers reached the World Series last year and played in the National League Championship Series the year before that. Most of the key players are back. So is the manager. The once-skeptical fan base is now convinced the front office knows what it's doing.
The widespread assumption is the Dodgers will cruise to a sixth consecutive National League West championship, and that very well could be the case.
It's not worth wagering a mortgage payment on that possibility, but the chance of a disaster is nonetheless very real and very present.