The trade made today by the Dodgers was basically the front office looking at the massive chip-stack they have in front of them and pushing all of it to the middle. They are officially challenging every other contender at the table to a showdown, announcing that they are satisfied enough with their cards to make a run at the pot right now. It was a landscape-changing decision that shifted the Vegas World Series odds in their favor, and is a move for the present instead of the future.
Doug Gottlieb breaks down the crazy 'all-in' move by the Dodgers in the audio below: