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Urgent bulletin: The , notwithstanding, are adept at winning baseball games.This, of course, is a familiar condition, as the Dodgers have been the most dominant squadron in Major League Baseball over the last half-decade or so and are close to securing their 10th straight postseason appearance. Moreover, the 2022 season may occasion even loftier heights by those same recent Dodger standards. With the current model on pace for 113 wins and a .696 win percentage and boasting a sky-scraping run differential of plus-278, it's time to ponder whether the 2022 Dodgers have an appointment with history.Actually, let's make that plural appointments with history and take a closer look at where this year's Dodgers might wind up among the great teams in the modern annals of the sport. With a number of records perhaps in range for the Dodgers, let's take a look at it benchmark by benchmark. Forthwith! (Note: All records are for the modern era only -- i.. Freddie Hamilton Men Jersey e., since 1903.) CBS Sports HQ Newsletter Your Ultimate Guide to Every Day in Sports We bring sports news that matters to your inbox, to help you stay informed and get a winning edge. I agree to receive the "CBS Sports HQ Newsletter" and marketing communications, updates, special offers (including partner offers), and other information from CBS Sports and the Paramount family of companies. By pre sing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the . Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. Thanks for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox. Sorry! There was an error proce sing your subscription. This of course speaks to that recent dominance under Dave Roberts mentioned above. The 2022 Dodgers, as you would expect given their current pace, have a very good shot at toppling this particular mark. Down the stretch, they'll need to go 20-17 in order to get to 107 wins during the current regular season, which would set the record. That'll probably happen. Obviously, this one will be Michael Grabner Kids Jersey a heavier lift for L.A. The 1906 Cubs, who were upset by the cro stown in the World Series, were helmed by legendary moundsman Three Finger Brown and also featured the Tinkers-to-Evers-to-Chance poetic muses afield. During the regular season they went 116-36-3, and they closed it out on a 48-6 magma-hot streak.The last Mariners team to make the playoffs fell to the in the American League Championship Series in that 2001 season, but a lineup that featured Rookie of the Year and MVP along with the likes of Edgar Martinez, John Olerud, and Bret Boone ferried them to consistent excellence during the regular season. June and July tied for their "worst" month of the season, as they went 18-9 for each of those calendar pages.In order to catch and pa s the Cubs and Mariners with 117 wins, the Dodgers will need to go 30-7 the rest of the way. That means winning at a 0.811 clip over those 37 remaining games. That's going to be exceedingly difficult, even for a great team like the 2022 Dodgers. On the other hand, prior to their lo s on Saturday to and the , the Dodgers had won 31 of their last 38. So, yes, they are factually capable of going 30-7. Yes, that's an asterisk. The 2020 season was of course whittled all the way down to 60 regular season games because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which makes Brendan Perlini Kids Jersey it a dubious source of rate-based records such as win percentage. If, however, you still recognize that as the franchise-record win percentage, then the Dodgers will need to get to 117 wins in order to break -- the same figure they need to set the all-time wins mark.On the other hand, if you think a standard full season is required in order to claim such a record, then the 2022 Dodgers are on pace to set it. Presently, the 1953 Dodgers with a win percentage of .682 (105-49) hold the record. In order to break that record, the Dodgers this season will need to go at least 24-13 over the rest of the regular season schedule.The odds are very long for this one. In order to top the 1906 Cubs' win percentage of .762, the Dodgers will need to win 124 games this season. That would require them to go ... 37-0 the rest of the way. The Dodgers right now are very close to a .700 win percentage, and if they pull it off then they'll become just the 11th team in history to do so. Here's a list of the current .700ers:1906 Cubs, .7621909 , .7251954 Indians, .7212020 Dodgers, .7172001 Mariners, .7161927 Yankees, .7141907 Cubs, .7111931 , .7041998 Yankees, .7041939 Yankees, .702Yes, there are those relentle sly inconvenient 2020 Dodgers again. If you wish to dismi s them, then the 2022 Dodgers could become the 10th team to boast a .700 or greater win percentage acro s a full season. To get there, they'll need to finish with a record of at least 27-10 acro s their remaining games.Now let's shift gears and look at the best ever at out-scoring the opposition. The Dodgers are right now on pace to set the franchise record for run differential (runs scored minus runs allowed) with their aforementioned mark of plus-278. As long as they can muster a run differential of Christian Dvorak Women Jersey at least minus-4 the rest of the way, they'll set the record. In other words, they're going to set the record. Right now, the average Dodger game in 2022 has them winning by a margin of 2.2 runs. If they're able to maintain that over the rest of the season then they'll have a run differential of plus-359. So they're on pace to set the all-time National League record for run differential with a good bit of room to spare.Yes, Joe DiMaggio and the Yankees of '39 out-scored the opposition by 411 runs. What makes that figure even more absurd is that they did so in just 152 games (106-45-1). Had they maintained that level of dominance over the contemporary slate of 162 games, then they would've had a run differential of plus-438. Really, they could've been even better. DiMaggio, who that year would win the first of his three MVP awards, mi sed almost six weeks with a calf injury. As well, consider that the 1939 season marked the final eight games of Lou Gehrig's legendary career. In an alternate reality in which he wasn't afflicted by the fatal disease that would eventually bear his name, he would've been the Yankees' first baseman and very like a productive one. Instead, Gehrig's replacement, Babe Dahlgren, was probably the Yankees' worst player that season.In any event, the Dodgers have a titan's burden ahead of Clayton Keller Kids Jersey them if they're to surmount that plus-411 run differential. They'll have to out-score their remaining 37 opponents by a total of 134 runs to set the record. That means besting them by a bit more than 3.6 runs per game on average, and that's quite difficult. As you've probably figured out, the Dodgers have a strong chance at joining the ranks of those teams who have out-scored the opposition by 300 or more runs in a season. Here's that list:1939 Yankees, plus-4111927 Yankees, plus-3711936 Yankees, plus-3341