Yankees-Dodgers World Series matchup creates perfect ending for MLB's dream postseason

Major League Baseball could not person asked for a amended matchup for the World Series (no, it was not rigged).

The New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers look disconnected successful the Fall Classic for the archetypal clip since 1981. But this is conscionable the cherry connected apical of what has been an astir flawless postseason that MLB has dreamed of having. The lone downside: The games are agelong again owed to galore much bullpen moves and much commercialized times.

But arsenic for the on-field product, galore shot fans person felt that the postseason has been watered down successful caller years. MLB added a 5th chaotic paper squad successful 2012, and past it went to a 12-team postseason permanently successful 2022 (the COVID play successful 2020 had 16).

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Shohei Ohtani, Juan Soto, Freddie Freeman, Gerrit Cole, Aaron Judge, Mookie Betts, Giancarlo Stanton, Yoshinobu Yamamoto acceptable to the backdrop of Dodgers Stadium (IMAGN/Getty Images)

That risked slightly-above-average teams making the large dance, but this year, those six-seeds looked similar thing but. In fact, this is really the archetypal twelvemonth successful the newest format that a six-seed volition not beryllium successful the World Series.

MLB whitethorn privation to see the format of the Wild Card Series arsenic 14 of the 16 person finished successful 2 games. Of course, those 2 featured the New York Mets. But this year's Mets, the NL's No. 6 seed, were simply, situation we say, amazin'.

In Game 3 of their chaotic paper series, they trailed 2-0 successful the apical of the ninth with 1 out. Then, Pete Alonso gave them the pb with a three-run location run. It was the archetypal location tally successful MLB past that gave a trailing squad the pb successful the ninth inning of a win-or-go-home game.

Pete Alonso of the New York Mets celebrates aft hitting a location tally successful the ninth inning against the Milwaukee Brewers during Game 3 of the Wild Card Series astatine American Family Field connected October 3, 2024, successful Milwaukee. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)

That got the Mets an NL East conflict successful the part series, and they took down the Philadelphia Phillies successful 4 games aft Francisco Lindor's expansive slam successful the last crippled of the series. The Mets adjacent gave the Dodgers a tally for their wealth successful the NLCS, yet losing to them successful six games. So, yet different six-seed proved they belonged, and it conscionable truthful happened to beryllium a New York squad – a large triumph for MLB.

On the different broadside was yet different magical sixth-seed successful the Detroit Tigers. A squad that erstwhile had a 0.2% accidental of making the postseason not lone swept the Houston Astros, which had made 7 consecutive ALCS, successful the chaotic paper round, but they, too, were conscionable 1 triumph distant from facing the Yankees successful the title series.

Detroit Tigers pitcher Tyler Holton celebrates aft defeating the Cleveland Guardians successful Game 3 of the ALDS for the 2024 MLB playoffs astatine Comerica Park. (David Reginek-Imagn Images)

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Back to the National League, the Dodgers had to get past their ain part rival successful the San Diego Padres to marque it to the NLCS, and they were adjacent 1 nonaccomplishment distant from heading location early. On apical of that, Shohei Ohtani is, rather literally, astir hitting 1.000 with runners connected basal this series, portion Mookie Betts has seemed to erase caller postseason druthers.

And arsenic for the Yankees, their large 3 successful Aaron Judge, Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton person each delivered immoderate of the astir clutch moments successful caller Yankees memory, each portion reigning Cy Young Award victor Gerrit Cole volition beryllium getting the shot successful Game 1.

The postseason has been must-watch, and this matchup conscionable tops it each off.

It's the 12th clip these 2 teams volition conscionable successful the Fall Classic, extending their ain grounds from the archetypal Subway Series days erstwhile the Dodgers were successful Brooklyn. And it volition besides beryllium their archetypal since 1981. But this 1 has a precise bully accidental of being the best.

This Fall Classic features 2 of the champion talents the crippled has ever seen successful Ohtani and Judge, some of whom volition triumph their respective MVPs. It volition beryllium the archetypal World Series that volition diagnostic some MVPs since 2012. 

Mookie Betts of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates a two-run location tally with Shohei Ohtani successful the sixth inning during Game 4 of the NLCS astatine Citi Field connected October 17, 2024, successful New York City. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

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Some different names to enactment are Betts, Juan Soto, Giancarlo Stanton, Freddie Freeman and the 2 highest-paid pitchers ever successful Cole and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. There is simply a realistic accidental that this World Series features astatine slightest 7 Hall of Famers – the grounds is 13 from the 1932 Fall Classic – and who knows what young endowment tin burst successful the adjacent fewer years.

Combining each team's title bid roster, they diagnostic a expansive full of 64 All-Star nods; that doesn't see 10-time All-Star Clayton Kershaw, who's missed the bulk of the play with injuries (34 Yankees, 30 Dodgers) and volition apt beryllium near disconnected the World Series roster.

If the archetypal 3 rounds of the postseason were each must-watch, determination is simply nary adjective to picture this superstar-filled World Series.

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