Everybody Wants a Dream Match, ''The Yankees Want the Dodgers" U.S. media to conclude that Ohtani-Jersey face-off will happen soon
Oct 21, 2024
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The Yankees beat the Cleveland Guardians 5-2 in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series (ALCS) on the 20th (Korea time) and became the AL champion after 10 extra innings. It was his 41st career league championship. Juan Soto hit a three-run home run in the top of the 10th inning with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, giving the Yankees the most valuable shot in the first year of the transfer and ahead of the FA.
Now, the Yankees' eyes are on the National League Championship Series (NLCS). The opponent in the World Series is the Los Angeles Dodgers or the New York Mets. With the Dodgers leading with 3 wins and 2 losses, Games 6 and 7 to determine the NL champion will be held at Dodger Stadium on the 21st and 22nd.
The objective expectation is that the Dodgers will prevail. In the all-time postseason series of 2-3-2 formats, the team that played the last two games at home with a 3-2 lead until Game 5 won the series 38 times out of 52, with a historical probability of 73%. In addition, the Dodgers' chances of advancing to the World Series are 80.6% as suggested by FanGraphs. It is higher than historical statistics. In other words, there is a more than 80% chance that the Yankees and Dodgers will face each other in the World Series.
Then, which team will the Yankees hope to face for their 28th World Series championship.
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If the opponent is the Mets, this time, the Yankees dominate the Mets in objective power, so it is similar to the 2000 World Series.
There are also a lot of interesting issues in that Mets manager Carlos Mendoza served as a bench coach under manager Aaron Boone for the Yankees, Mets starter Luis Severino made his debut in 2015 and threw for the Yankees until last year, and that the Yankees and Mets are scrambling for Soto in the FA market after the end of the World Series. If you want an easier win, you might want the Mets to beat the Dodgers.
But the Mets game is not as easy as it sounds. Jeter said this after retirement.
"The 2000 World Series was the most stressful postseason game I've ever played. Because we had a lot to lose in the series, while the Mets had nothing to lose."
It meant that we had to win because we were ahead of regular season performances, ahead of payrolls, ahead of home crowd mobilization, ahead of history, and ahead of the players. It will be the same this time.
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The Athletic, a local media outlet, said on the day 'Who does the Yankees want against the World Series?It was written in the article titled '.
'The Yankees will hope to face the best team. They want the Dodgers. However, it is not easy to play against the Dodgers. The Dodgers are the best team with 98 wins and 64 losses. 'The Yankees were third with a 94-68 record, fell to 1-2 in three matches this regular season, and were also 10-17 inferior in total score.'
The media cited the Dodgers' lineup, which has Ohtani, Betts and Freeman, as the first reason the Yankees could struggle. He also said that because he does not have a home field advantage, he has to take one more trip to and from the East West than the Dodgers. However, the Yankees have won 11 World Series games against the Dodgers eight times. He is also leading the World Series with 37 wins and 29 losses.
The Dodgers are more interesting than the Mets in terms of box office performance, popularity, and history. The match between two clubs representing both leagues and the East and West of the continent has not been held for 42 years since 1981. Above all, it is very difficult to see a face-off between Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge in the World Series unless it is this time.
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