At the beginning of the season, the baseball betting odds series between the Braves and Dodgers was circled on all calendars. Making the playoffs is the floor for the Atlanta Braves. Previously, Atlanta reached the postseason for seven straight seasons and 24 of the past 33 postseasons. They enter 2025 with the expectation of challenging for the NL East title. The Braves have high-end options in the rotation. Also, they have a lineup capable of being one of the most feared in the NL. The Braves are rightfully among the favorites for the World Series.
Atlanta Braves vs. Los Angeles Dodgers MLB Betting Information
| Date and Time: | Wednesday, April 2, 2025, 8:38 p.m. ET |
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| Location: | Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA |
| TV Coverage: | MLBN |
| Betting Online Odds at SBG: | Click Here |
Braves at Dodgers SBG Team Overview
DH Marcell Ozuna enters the final year of his contract with the Braves, coming off two outstanding seasons. Previously, he was the Braves’ top hitter during an All-Star season that saw him belt 39 home runs and drive in 104 runs in 162 games. Ozuna was a critical piece of the Braves, making the postseason, as the team’s other stars saw a decline in sportsbook productivity.
Namely, Brian Snitker has guided the Braves to seven straight playoff appearances. He won the World Series in 2021 and the NL East from 2018-23. Last season, despite significant injuries up and down the roster. He enters his 10th year at age 69 with the only question being when he may retire.
If the Braves can at least tread water for the first 50 games, they figure to get quite a boost when potentially their best pitcher and hitter return in Strider and Acuña. Counting on Sale to replicate his Cy Young season is dicey. Still, he should be elite, and Olson, Riley, and Albies are due for bounce-back seasons. An eighth straight playoff appearance should be the minimum expectation.
Los Angeles Dodgers Team Overview
One is no longer the loneliest number in Los Angeles. For 11 seasons (2013 through 2023), the Dodgers were the winningest team in baseball, capturing 10 division titles and three National League pennants. But they had only one World Series title to show for it. And that came in the truncated pandemic season of 2020, a fact that was pointed out to them often enough to cause chafing.
Fueled by the signing of Shohei Ohtani (who won his third MVP award in his first season with the franchise), the Dodgers won a second World Series. It was their first full-season championship since 1988. Yet they aren’t satisfied. Ohtani joked in the euphoria of a post-World Series celebratory locker room that he wanted to do this nine more times — each year of his 10-year deal. Naturally, LA has the resources and the talent on hand to keep the championship window open for a long time.
Braves at Dodgers SBG Free Pick
Down two games to one in the best-of-five NLDS against the Padres, the Dodgers were facing a third consecutive first-round MLB odds failure. And the likelihood of manager Dave Roberts being tagged as the fall guy. But the Dodgers rallied to oust the Padres and went on to win the World Series. Roberts’ deft handling of the Dodgers’ limited pitching staff. Thus, LA was ion the way to a second World Series title.
In this situation, Atlanta offers much greater value as the top-quality road dog.
Braves at Dodgers SBG Best Bet: Atlanta Braves.