The keys of the Yankees and Dodgers for the rest of the World Series – Millennium Group

This year’s World Series has not disappointed anyone. We have seen a couple of games full of many emotions, although the results have been on the side of the Los Angeles Dodgers, whose two victories at Dodger Stadium have them halfway to the commissioner’s trophy; On the other side, the New York Yankees can rearrange ideas and get into the fight at Yankee Stadium, where they need to win to not give the Californians a free pass.

The Dodgers have shined for their depth, diversity on offense and pitchers and many emotions for the tribute that was paid to Fernando Valenzuela in Los Angeles. Two games are history and a third is held in the Bronx. Ernesto Jerez and Luis Alfredo Álvarez, from the broadcast team of ESPNanalyze in an interview with MILENIO-La Adiciones the early conclusions we have had in this start of the Autumn Classic.

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For Ernesto Jerez, The Yankees should not worry about tomorrow, but rather focus on today. Look for that first victory that will help them close the distance with the Dodgers and be more daring in their approach to the game.

“Aaron Boone can’t respond after the situation arrives, he has to respond before the situation arrives. And if that means not waiting too long to bring out your starter, well, let him do it. I believe that today they need to be and show why they have 27 World Series championships,” he said, in reference to the adverse situations that may arise.

Aaron Judge has not been able to hit the hitter in these first two games, which has affected the performance of the Bronx Bombers. “It’s like he didn’t go to Los Angeles and stayed in New York. He didn’t appear anywhere with his bat,” Luis Alfredo Álvarez ironically said. “But the reality is that, my first conclusions are that, after 43 years and everyone wanting to have a Yankees and New York series, it has not disappointed.”

For the Yankees to be able to tighten this race, they need more players with the drive that Gleyber Torres, Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton have shown in the lineup. If that additional is Judge, much better for the New Yorkers, but the addition of power is important. “Someone else must come out, someone who slams the table and says: ‘we are the Yankees, we have that hierarchy‘. So far, they have been even games. But even games you win and lose. And the Yankees have lost the first two.”

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The Yankees must wake up, but above all find the solution to how to stop the Dodger bats, with problems that Clay Holmes and Tommy Kahnle have had in confrontations.

“Aaron Boone has to better manage his bullpen for the match-ups, hitter and pitcher that he is going to take out to be able to control the Dodgers’ offense, which is the one that has woken up in key moments and He has won the games. To do this, you have to make the right movement“says Álvarez, who agrees that Néstor Cortés was not a good decision to pitch after 37 days without activity and that he saw himself with Freddie Freeman’s grand slam in Game 1. “There are things that suddenly make me think , moves that he has made out of desperation, that have not been at the time or have not been the player he needs. But for me, the key is how to stop the Dodgers’ bats, because they haven’t stopped hitting.”

They should not think about the sweep

The big signing of the season injected a lot into the Dodgers. With the signing of Shohei Ohtani, many assured that this team was a sure bet in the World Series. They complied, with pitching problems that still allowed them to adapt to the circumstances and reaffirm their status as favorites. Now they must not slow down or become complacent.

“When you are up 2-0, I think you have that confidence of knowing that you defended your home status. And just as I told you just now that the Yankees should not think about Game 4, but about Game 3, the same applies to the Dodgers, whoThey can’t be thinking that we are going to sweep, before sweeping you have to win game 3. And if they achieve what they did in Los Angeles tonight, then they will be in a good position,” says Jerez.

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And we have not yet seen that mass production that the Angelenos have caused of eight or ten runs, which can be positive for the Yankees, since if this machinery turns on and scores five or six runs in an inning, everything will be just. “We want it to be a more competitive series, to be a series where each game lasts longer. But we are seeing why the Dodgers had the best record in the regular season, what they did to the San Diego Padres, what they did to the New York Mets. So I think the key is to keep pushing, hope that Shohei Ohtani is 100% fine. And then we’ll see what happens from tonight,” he added.

As a high critic of Dave Roberts in the past, Luis Alfredo points out that the Dodgers manager has assimilated the losses and takes advantage of learning from those situations so that his postseason experience now helps them win this series. “I think this is going to be a very difficult opportunity to get out of hand. And to do this, the Dodgers have to go out and score a run early, because that eliminates the possibility of the public getting into the game, of the Yankees really feeling like they are at home.”

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