Admittedly this is a ridiculous exercise, bathing itself in small sample size and ridiculous speculation. And yet… here we are. After watching the Los Angeles Dodgers in Summer Camp, optimism was at an all-time high.
Granted, some of that dissipated with back-to-back losses to the San Francisco Giants at the end of the Opening Series. Nevertheless, the lineup had stretches in which it mashed, and the starting pitching showed some of its depth.
The question -— as always, it seems -— is the Dodgers bullpen. But if Summer Camp and the first two games of the regular season were any indication, hopes might be as high as ever.