The New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers are currently facing off in what is the one-hundred twentieth consecutive MLB world series. At the time of writing this article, the Dodgers hold a 2-0 series lead over the Yankees with game 3 currently in progress.
In case you’re not a baseball fanatic, the series is best of 7 games, meaning the first to win 4 wins the series. Although the Dodgers are currently favored to win, a comeback could be in store for the Yankees.
Both rosters have some big names this year: with many considering it a showdown between two of the league’s best offensive players: Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge. Ohtani is a big name as he recently became the first player in MLB history to hit 50+ home runs and steal 50+ bases. Judge, on the other hand, led the league in home runs this year, hitting 58 dingers.
The media has been especially playing into this idea of an allstar matchup as well, with many prolific sports reporters, like former Yankee’s player Derek Jeter, having interviewed the players.
Surprisingly, these two have not been what I would consider the 120th World Series’ biggest stars. But admittedly, it’s tough competition for the spotlight when both the Yankees and Dodgers rosters have some of the best in baseball.
Take the Dodgers for example. For starters, they have another Japanese sensation on their roster: starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Yamamoto pitched 6 innings against what are supposedly the world’s best hitters: and only one hit was recorded from his pitching.
Or, consider first-baseman, Freddie Freeman. Freeman sprained his ankle right before the world series. Even so, he kept playing on his injury that was suspected to put him on the bench for four to six weeks. But Freeman refused to let that stop him.
Since he kept playing on his sprained ankle, Freeman’s injury developed into a painful bone bruise. But again, that didn’t stop Freeman from hitting the first EVER bases loaded, grand slam in the world series. Talk about a superstar.
On the Yankees, another notable player is Juan Soto. Soto is a right fielder for the Yankees. While many would consider right field one of the easiest positions in the game, it certainly isn’t at the level Soto plays.
In the first two games alone, several hits have gone to difficult areas for Soto to field, yet he has made only one error. I certainly wouldn’t consider it the reason why the Yankees are behind, though. Soto was even one of the Yankees two runs in the second game Saturday, hitting the only hit against Yamamoto, a solo home run.
So as you can see now, there’s many superstars on both rosters (far too many to cover in this web story), but it seems as if those on the Dodgers may be outplaying the Yankees.
I’m sorry, Ms. Bang, but I have to say it: I think Aaron Judge is massively overrated.
