Breaking down all Yankees-Dodgers World Series matchups: Who has the edge?

The matchup overmuch of shot has been waiting for is here, pinch nan 2 biggest behemoths successful nan athletics facing each different successful nan World Series for nan first clip since 1981.

Back then, Dodgers-Yankees was almost regular this clip of twelvemonth and now that they’re yet back, they besides characteristic immoderate of nan game’s astir salient names.

Here’s a look astatine really nan teams will look erstwhile nan bid originates Friday astatine Dodger Stadium: 

At nan plate 

Getting connected base 

The Yankees person gotten immoderate unexpected accumulation successful this area, from Anthony Rizzo — who is playing pinch 2 fractured fingers successful his correct manus — arsenic good arsenic Anthony Volpe, nan second-year shortstop who’s had immoderate of nan champion at-bats of his young profession during this postseason.

At nan apical of nan lineup, Gleyber Torres has continued his second-half resurgence successful nan leadoff spot and has reached guidelines to commencement a crippled successful each but 1 of 9 Yankee playoff games, and Juan Soto has picked up wherever he near disconnected from his fantabulous regular season.

Though Giancarlo Stanton has helped transportation nan mediate of nan lineup, Aaron Judge and Austin Wells are having unsmooth postseasons. 

The Dodgers’ Max Muncy has been an on-base instrumentality successful October, reaching guidelines a postseason-record 12 consecutive sheet appearances. And Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts person besides been reliable outs.

Freddie Freeman, usually a captious portion to Los Angeles’ offense, has struggled badly, mostly owed to an injured ankle he’s trying to play through.

The emergence of NLCS MVP Tommy Edman this postseason, though, has much than made up for Freeman’s woes, arsenic has nan continued playoff excellence of seasoned Kiké Hernandez. Gavin Lux has had occurrence against right-handed pitchers and is expected backmost from a hep injury. 

Edge: Dodgers 

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Power 

If we’re going by nan regular season, we’d constituent to Judge’s 58 location runs, but his postseason issues person resurfaced again.

He did homer successful back-to-back games against Cleveland successful nan ALCS and has shown many times a knack for going connected unthinkable basking streaks.

The bad news for nan Dodgers is that Soto is immune to playoff unit and Stanton seems to thrive connected it. Both are successful nan mediate of superb Octobers and person proven their expertise to deed homers astatine nan astir important times. See Game 5 of nan ALCS arsenic an example.

Though Rizzo has provided immoderate coagulated accumulation astatine nan plate, it’s clear nan manus wounded has depleted his power.

Without Freeman’s slugging, arsenic good arsenic a mediocre postseason from Teoscar Hernandez, nan Dodgers person gotten by not only pinch nan accustomed accumulation from Betts and Ohtani, but Kiké Hernandez and Edman.

And Will Smith is ever tin of going heavy this clip of year. 

Edge: Even 

In nan field 

Infield 

The Yankees sewage by successful nan first 2 rounds pinch immoderate sloppy infield defense, notably astatine first base, wherever Rizzo and his fill-in, Jon Berti, had issues.

And Jazz Chisholm Jr., who has been a messiness astatine nan sheet successful nan playoffs, is still prone to miscues astatine 3rd base, a position that remains reasonably caller to him.

But Volpe has been solid, arsenic usual. Lux is expected to beryllium astatine second, astatine slightest against righties, and has not been bully there.

The Yankees dream Torres avoids immoderate of nan disfigured mistakes he made astatine times during nan regular season.

The authorities of nan Dodgers infield is still somewhat successful flux, arsenic they await nan readiness of shortstop Miguel Rojas, who missed nan NLCS pinch a torn adductor muscle.

That forced Edman from nan outfield to shortstop. Perhaps nan stableness of nan Yankee infield will springiness them an advantage, arsenic Muncy whitethorn person to move from 3rd to first and Kiké Hernandez from nan infield to nan outfield, depending connected injuries and matchups. 

Edge: Yankees 

Outfield 

With nan violative numbers Judge and Soto typically put up, their lackluster capacity connected defense hasn’t been an issue, and Alex Verdugo — successful nan lineup each crippled successful portion owed to his coagulated play connected defense — remains beardown successful left.

Los Angeles lived pinch Teoscar Hernandez’s shaky play successful near because of his 33 homers.

Now that he’s successful nan mediate of an ill-timed slump, that defense looks moreover worse.

Andy Pages and Betts are fine. 

Edge: Even 

On nan bases 

After putting up nan first 50-50 play successful MLB history — an accomplishment that helped lead Judge to telephone him “the champion subordinate successful nan game” — Ohtani has not stolen a guidelines this offseason.

But 7 different Dodgers have.

Though Chisholm hasn’t gotten connected guidelines much, he’s swiped 2 bases.

Torres, while astatine nan apical of nan Yankees’ batting order, isn’t accelerated and was thrown retired astatine nan sheet successful nan ALCS. 

Edge: Dodgers 

Bench 

If Rizzo tin go, nan Yankees don’t fig to usage their chair much, though Jasson Dominguez aliases Berti could beryllium utilized arsenic a pinch-runner.

Oswaldo Cabrera’s protect versatility whitethorn travel successful handy, and if Jose Trevino sees nan field, things are not going good for Wells. Injuries person forced nan Dodgers to get imaginative pinch their lineup, which they are adept astatine doing.

Pages started successful halfway pinch Edman astatine short and Chris Taylor slid successful astatine 2nd for Lux and Los Angeles was capable to get by nan Mets successful nan NLCS. 

Edge: Dodgers 

On nan mound 

Rotation 

This is wherever things could get interesting, arsenic nan Dodgers person withstood a number of injuries to their rotation to get this far.

They utilized 7 relievers successful a bullpen crippled successful their Game 6 clincher complete nan Mets and will person to do different bullpen crippled astatine slightest erstwhile during this series.

As for nan regular starters, waste and acquisition acquisition Jack Flaherty — an LA autochthonal — has been roughed up successful 2 of his 3 postseason starts.

He allowed 8 runs successful 3 innings to nan Mets successful a Game 5 nonaccomplishment and could beryllium moving connected fumes.

They’re expected to spell pinch Yoshinobu Yamamoto successful Game 2 and Walker Buehler successful Game 3 aliases 4.

Yamamoto has sounded good successful 2 of his 3 October outings, but doesn’t supply overmuch magnitude and neither does Buehler.

Gerrit Cole gets nan Game 1 commencement for nan Yankees, pinch Carlos Rodon, Clarke Schmidt and Luis Gil down him.

The Yankees rotation hasn’t provided a ton of length, either, but they’ve allowed nan pen not to beryllium overused.

Cole has been a spot disconnected successful 2 of his 3 playoff starts and Rodon and Schmidt haven’t overpowered, but successful 9 postseason games, nan Yankees person gotten 44 innings retired of their starters, while nan Dodgers person gotten conscionable 40 successful 11 playoff games. 

Edge: Yankees 

Bullpen 

Among nan reasons nan Dodgers are comfortable riding their bullpen truthful difficult is its effectiveness.

Though their pen has been taxed, reinforcements could beryllium coming, arsenic lefty Alex Vesia, who missed nan NLCS pinch an intercostal injury, and right-hander Brusdar Graterol, retired pinch enarthrosis inflammation, whitethorn beryllium backmost for nan World Series.

Closer Blake Treinen has been beardown and nan Dodgers person gotten bully innings retired of Michael Kopech, Daniel Hudson, Evan Phillips, Ben Casparius and Anthony Banda.

The Yankees person relied heavy connected Clay Holmes, Tommy Kahnle and caller person Luke Weaver, and they sounded good — different than a meltdown successful Game 3 of nan ALCS successful Cleveland.

With nan vulnerable left-handed hitters successful nan Dodgers’ lineup, southpaws Tim Hill — terrific truthful acold successful nan postseason — and Tim Mayza will beryllium relied connected moreover more.

The apt return of Nestor Cortes could person a important effect connected nan pen, arsenic nan versatile left-hander hasn’t sounded successful complete a period pinch a flexor strain.

He’s risking further wounded by returning astatine this point, but if he tin enactment patient — and beryllium effective — he’ll supply different valuable option. Big outs were besides recorded by Mark Leiter Jr. and Jake Cousins. 

Edge: Dodgers 

Manager 

Aaron Boone and Dave Roberts person some had bully postseasons to get present because— contempt their respective teams’ lofty payrolls and expectations — each had to make decisions to get to this point.

Boone and nan Yankees had nan smoother path, having to play nan Royals and Guardians from nan AL Central, but he’s deployed his bullpen good and been rewarded pinch keeping Torres atop nan lineup.

Roberts and nan Dodgers person had to woody pinch nan Padres, pinch 1 of nan game’s champion rosters, and nan red-hot Mets to get this far.

And he’s done it pinch a rotation that’s been ravaged by injuries and a hobbled Freeman. 

Edge: Dodgers 

Intangibles 

These teams person been expected to meet for years, but it hadn’t happened successful complete 4 decades.

They person arguably nan 2 astir celebrated players successful nan crippled successful Judge and Ohtani, but nan Yankees are healthier and astatine slightest person immoderate semblance of a rotation. 

Edge: Yankees