I hate the Los Angeles Dodgers. My childhood sojourns to Miller Park typically coincided with Kershaw on the mound (and thus excruciating 1-0 losses). More importantly, though, they consistently have one of the highest payrolls in the MLB. Their top players include the likes of Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts, who were lured to the Dodgers by the beauty of Los Angeles gobs of cash. As a result, in their 2022 campaign they racked up a squeaky clean 111 wins, leaving them in a tie for the fourth-most ever.
They were then summarily sent home after losing three out of four games to the 89-win San Diego Padres.