This upcoming World Series will be one of the biggest in recent history, with the two number one seeds, the New York Yankees, and the Los Angeles Dodgers, facing off and the two homerun leaders going head-to-head. Both teams represent the biggest markets in the league, featuring the likely NL and AL MVPs squaring off against each other. This World Series is so significant that even the cheapest tickets are around $1,000, and that’s just for Game 1: imagine the prices for potential elimination games.
The storyline is intriguing if the Yankees win, it would be their first World Series title since 2009. Aaron Judge and John Carlo Stanton would finally get their first championships, and Rizzo and Juan Soto would earn their second World Series wins, both with different teams—Rizzo won with the Cubs in 2016 and Soto in his rookie year with the Nationals in 2019.
On the other side, if the Dodgers win the World Series, Shohei Ohtani would finally secure his first title, and they could win a legitimate championship, as their 2020 title was surrounded by controversy due to being won in a bubble environment. This could be their first World Series win since 1988. Additionally, Freddie Freeman would earn his second title, one with the Dodgers and one with the Braves, while Mookie Betts would win his third—two with the Dodgers and one with the Red Sox in 2018.
Either way, this World Series is shaping up to be an exciting one, filled with incredible storylines.