Sports Editorial, Oct 21 (EFE).- The Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees will stage a dream duel starting next Friday for Major League baseball fans in the World Series.
Dodgers and Yankees are the two teams with the greatest number of confrontations in the history of the World Series, with a total of 12 since the first in 1941, of which the New York team has won in eight of them, which It reflects the level of rivalry and quality that these two franchises have shown throughout the history of the Major Leagues.
The last time two of the winningest teams in Major League Baseball (MLB) met was in 1981 when the Dodgers won their first title after moving to Los Angeles in 1958. The Blues have won seven championships, the last in 2020, while the Bronx Bombers have achieved 27 titles, the last in 2009.
Two teams made to win
Before the start of the season, the Dodgers awarded the Japanese Shohei Ohtani the most lucrative contract in the history of the sport, which will bring him 700 million dollars for the next 10 years, in addition to adding more than 300 million to his compatriot Yoshinobu Yamamoto, trade for right-hander Tyler Glasnow and sign Dominican Teoscar Hernández, to complement his arsenal on both sides of the game.
The Yankees did not sit idly by and added the Dominican Juan Soto to their roster, in a change from the San Diego Padres and the Mexican Alex Verdugo, from the Red Sox, and along the way they incorporated Jazz from the Miami Marlins Chisholm Jr., to round out a powerful offensive, which found the Cuban pitchers Carlos Rodón and Néstor Cortés recovered and the Dominican Luis Gil as the ace up his sleeve, who endured the return of the stellar right-hander Gerrit Cole, to reach this point of the season.
With these moves, the only destination considered successful for the teams is the conquest of the World Series.
star constellation
In addition to the rivalry that marks this match for the title of champions, the presence of first-rate stars in the Major Leagues will have its maximum splendor in the World Series.
The Angelenos will have the Japanese Ohtani on the field, considered the best current player in the MLB, accompanied by the winners of the Most Valuable Player award, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman, in addition to the Dominican hitter Hernández.
Those from New York will contribute to their powerful trident, made up of the top home run hitter of the season and captain of the Yankees, Aaron Judge, the powerful slugger and winner of the Most Valuable Player award of the recently concluded Championship Series, Giancarlo Stanton and the Dominican Soto, who has been defined as one of the best hitters in the entire Major Leagues, to which is added the Cy Young Award winner, Gerrit Cole.
Only the best will remain standing
In the regular season, the Dodgers (98-64) managed to have the best record in the entire Major Leagues, while the Yankees (94-68) had the best record in the American League, a result that both clubs made good. to dominate the playoffs and advance to the World Series, marking a duel in which the best team of the 2024 season will be defined.
Although they have not yet been announced as the winners of the Most Valuable Player award of the Major League season, Aaron Judge and the Japanese Shohei Ohtani trodden a path during the campaign that leaves no doubt that they will be the bearers of said distinctions both in the American League as well as the National League and now they will face a challenge in the first World Series in their careers, in which only one will be crowned champion.
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