How much will Dodgers injuries hurt their season win total?

It doesn’t matter the sport, season or location — the menacing injury imp lurks.

All it takes is one appendage snack for the unforgiving beast to greatly alter a team’s course. From mashing the opposition to wallowing in mediocrity, campaigns often change in a blink. Some teams recover, while others steadily reel. The ripple effects prompt questions of “What could’ve been?”

At the MLB All-Star Break, the once heavily favored Los Angeles Dodgers have fans’ minds wandering aimlessly. Yes, Shohei Othani is a front-runner for National League MVP, Teoscar Hernandez mashed moonshots to become Home Run Derby king and the smooth-swinging Freddie Freeman continues to smack run-scoring gappers. However, the club’s $277.5 million roster is missing key components. L.A. is ailing.

Sleeping in a cave the past few weeks? Here’s the current laundry list of noteworthy dinged Dodgers.

• Clayton Kershaw, SP — 60-day IL (shoulder)
• Dustin May, SP — 60-day IL (esophagus)
• Max Muncy, 3B — 60-day IL (oblique)
• Yoshinobu Yamamoto, SP — 60-day IL (shoulder)
• Walker Buehler, SP — 15-day IL (hip)
• Tyler Glasnow, SP — 15-day IL (back)
• Mookie Betts, SS — 10-day IL (hand)

And that doesn’t include key bullpen arms missing in action.

Suffice it to say, the ice baths and trainer tables have been as busy as the 405 at peak rush hour.

Despite the absences, the betting markets continue to have the L.A. infirmary atop World Series winner odds at +330 (DraftKings). With the July 30 trade deadline looming, it’s certainly plausible president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman and general manager Brandon Gomes will attempt to spackle various holes. Critical pieces are expected to return. Still, there’s one available futures wager to deeply debate.

The pick — Dodgers UNDER 95.5 wins (-110, Caesars)

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The roster construct is bound to change when July concludes, but Shohei and friends severely limped into the midseason siesta. Since the month began, the Dodgers rank dead last in team ERA with an embarrassing 6.56 mark. Also their bats have somewhat cooled, with the team slipping to No. 12 in wRC+ in July. As a result, L.A. dropped six of its last seven games before the break to finish with a 56-41 first-half record.

Admittedly, the rest of the Dodgers’ schedule isn’t particularly daunting. According to Tankathon, they have the 18th-toughest remaining slate. Still, their seven-game lead over the Diamondbacks and Padres in the National League West seems tenuous.

Needing to go 40-25 in their final 65 games to rain on this bettor’s parade, it’s entirely believable the Dodgers fall short of 96 wins. Due to the various leaks, the perceived unsinkable ship is taking on too much water.

Blame the ruthless imp.