Dodgers fans' least favorite analyst enrages LA with gloating over Astros sweep

The Dodgers suffered the worst series sweep of their season to the Astros over Fourth of July weekend, including literally the worst home loss at Dodger Stadium since the franchise moved to LA, when they went down 18-1. All of the cracks in the Dodgers' star-studded facade showed through that series; none of the bats were working, while the pitching staff that's been running on fumes got pounded into the ground.

It was a series that Dodgers fans will want to forget as quickly as possible, but there's someone who definitely isn't going to let that happen.

Your least favorite analyst's least favorite analyst, Ben Verlander, best known for being Justin Verlander's brother and secondarily for his awful takes, took some obnoxious and completely unearned victory laps around the Dodgers throughout the series. He capped off the 18-1 rout by posting a picture of his family after the 2017 World Series, with Justin holding the Commissioner's Trophy.

The Astros' 2017 World Series win is never not going to be controversial, but Justin is an indisputable future Hall of Famer whose reputation is largely untainted by the mess his teammates made. But his little brother riding on his coattails after never breaking High-A and then being released from the Tigers? Hilarious, but also infuriating.

Ben Verlander continues to make himself an enemy of Dodgers fans after celebrating Astros' sweep

Verlander continued to double down on Monday, quote-tweeting the latest power rankings from MLB that had the Dodgers in second and the Astros in third with the caption, "The Astros behind the Dodgers is absolutely ludicrous."

The Astros are, admittedly, infuriatingly hot lately, having won eight of their last 10 even without Jeremy Peña and Yordan Alvarez, but the fact that Verlander — who was famously dunked on by Jeff Passan (in full NSFW fashion) for his Shohei Ohtani fanboying — is suddenly being so loud about stanning the Astros when his brother isn't even on the team anymore? Okay, man.

The Dodgers still hold the best record in the National League (and better than the Astros), and will get somewhat of a reset this week when they visit the 50-40 Brewers for a three-game set. The Dodgers and inevitable Astros might still see each other in the postseason, where the Dodgers have a lot of unfinished business with Houston, but Verlander will be the very last person they want to hear from about it.