The 2023 Nationals were 71-91 and by all measures should be better in 2024, but not worse – yet Vegas still has their over/under on wins at 66.5?
Yeah they were 1-2 in the opening series, but Chris Russell has some problems with that number.
“Last year, dopey odds makers had the Nationals at 59 and a hook – and that's right, I said dopey odds makers because they all suck, they’re all stupid, they're all dumb, they have no idea what they're doing and I don't care what anybody else tells you, they suck and they're awful at their jobs,” Chris said. “Now, depending on what book you use, they’re at 66 or 66.5, but guess what, boys and girls? There's no chance the Nationals aren't getting to 67 wins.”
Rooster put it at ‘literally a 0% chance they aren’t getting to 67 wins,’ no way 67-95 is a better record than what they finish with.
“You’d say it’s no big deal, but the goal is not to win 67 games. I would think even though Rizzo and Davey won't say it, the goal is to be .500,” Russell said. “They won 71 games last year when they were given a 59.5 number, so they smashed that, and they were much better in the second half than in the first half. But 67 wins is not the goal; that’s simply beating a stupid, unrealistic number from Vegas odds makers who have no idea what they're doing and their heads up their you know what.”
So yeah, Rooster says, hammer the over.
“Just like they did last year at the 59.5, the Nationals are gonna smash that 66 or 66.5,” he said. “Now, the question for me is whether they're going to be better than the 71 wins from last year – and I think they will. I think they'll easily get to 75, and I would not be surprised, depending on who we see come up in the second half, if they get to .500.”