The World Series matchups is set with the New York Yankees facing the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The series will start this upcoming Friday, October 25th with a time yet to be determined. The series will start at Dodger Stadium, in Los Angeles, California for the first 2 games of the series.
Both teams are number 1 seeds. The Dodgers were in the National League, and the Yankees in the American League. The last time both number 1 seeds faced off in the World Series was in the shortened 2020 season because of COVID. The last time in a non-shortened season both number 1 seeds faced off was in the 2013 World Series, between the Boston Red Sox and St Louis Cardinals.
On October 19th, the New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Guardians in an extra-inning game in game 5 of the series to advance to the World Series. A day later, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Mets in game 6 of the NLDS to also advance.
The Yankees and Dodgers are the two biggest market teams. They are well-known throughout the world. Both teams have two of the best players in the league and both are projected to win the MVP in their respective divisions. The two are Los Angeles Dodgers star player, Shohei Ohtani, and New York Yankees Center Fielder, Aaron Judge. Ohtani, this season broke history by becoming the first player to have a 50/50 season. A 50/50 season is where you have 50 stolen bases and 50 home runs. In the regular season, Ohtani had 197 hits, 54 home runs, 130 RBI, and batted .310. Judge also had a very impressive season, with 180 hits, 58 home runs, 144 RBI, and a batting average of .322.
So far in the playoffs they have played great and helped lead their teams to the World Series. Seeing 2 of the best players in all of baseball play against each other in the World Series is a rare occurrence. Baseball all over the world will be watching the series just to see Ohtani and Judge face off.
The last time the Dodgers won the World Series was in 2020 in the shortened season against the Tampa Bay Rays. They have been able to win the World Series 7 times.
The Yankee’s last time winning the World Series was in 2009 against the Philadelphia Phillies. The franchise has the most in the MLB with 27 World Series pennants.
The series will be a very entertaining series. Both teams have some of the highest payrolls in all of baseball with lots of depth at each position.