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ESPN Oct 25, 2024, 07:15 PM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions It’s time for Game 1 of the World Series! The highly anticipated showdown between two of MLB’s most storied franchises begins Friday at 8:08 p.m. ET when Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees take the field against Shohei Ohtani and the Los

The New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers have announced their World Series rosters, revealing the 26-man squads ahead Friday’s Game 1. The Yankees dropped their roster first, followed by the Dodgers. New York will have 13 pitchers and 13 position players for the series, with only three infielders. Oswaldo Cabrera and Jazz Chisholm Jr.

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Jeff Passan, ESPNOct 24, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions WHATEVER FINALLY BROUGHT Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge together, be it fate or kismet or financial might or a lucky draw or some combination therein, understands

He has been in pain for so long, but that pain is slowly subsiding. He has been silenced for nearly a year, but he finally feels like shouting. A day after Los Angeles was rejoicing over the arrival of the World Series, a voice of the city was celebrating two different words. Cancer remission. Dodgers

Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterOct 23, 2024, 11:38 AM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions The days off between the ALCS and the World Series have been especially helpful for New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo as he continues to recover from two

And then there were two. Dodgers vs. Yankees. With potentially seven more games to win it all. The star-studded, bicoastal World Series begins Friday at Dodger Stadium. Let’s break it down. How they got here Yankees: The Yankees went big last winter by sending a haul to San Diego to acquire star slugger Juan Soto

The video is grainy, but Dave Roberts’ thin mustache and Aaron Boone’s peach fuzz are discernible. The year was 1992 and the future managers of the Dodgers and New York Yankees were 19-year-old freshmen immersed in a rousing chapter of Los Angeles’ prominent college rivalry. Now 52, Roberts and Boone will lead Major League titans

LOS ANGELES — Most every postseason, a team’s success or failure hinges on the production of its starting pitching. And while this postseason is no different, the World Series matchup between the Dodgers and Yankees presents a stark contrast between two teams with very different rotation strategies and circumstances. One of the postseason’s nuances when

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterOct 22, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers had spent three years coveting Tommy Edman, which, when you think

Dodgers fans cheer before the start of Game 6 of the NLCS at Dodger Stadium on Sunday. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) The World Series is set: the Dodgers against the New York Yankees, featuring two of baseball’s three biggest spenders. Also some of baseball’s biggest spenders: fans buying tickets for the World Series.

Nestor Cortes hasn’t been available to pitch for the New York Yankees since he was placed on the injured list on Sept. 25. However, manager Aaron Boone told reporters Monday that there is “a good chance” that the Yankees will add one of the staff’s best pitchers to their World Series roster. “I think there’s

Jeff Passan, ESPNOct 21, 2024, 01:10 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions A few years from now, when the New York Mets have become the powerhouse they’re bound to be, they will look back on the 2024 season

LOS ANGELES — The plastic orange sign, the symbol of the season, remained untouched and upturned on the dugout bench. One by one after Sunday’s 10-5 loss in Game 6 of the NLCS, the vanquished New York Mets retreated into the bowels of Dodger Stadium. On the diamond, celebration raged beneath a fountain of fireworks.

LOS ANGELES — It’s often lip service when teams say their goal is to win the World Series every year. Most teams are actually happy with a postseason appearance. But for the Dodgers, winning the World Series every year is not only their goal and their mantra. It’s also their sole focus. The Dodgers spend

Oct 20, 2024, 05:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions On Saturday, the New York Yankees punched the first ticket to the World Series, beating the Cleveland Guardians in 10 innings. Now, the Los Angeles Dodgers will attempt to do the same, with a 3-2 advantage over the New York Mets and in their return to

Oct 19, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After two thrilling matchups in Cleveland, the New York Yankees are one win away from their first World Series since 2009. The Yankees took two fairly routine games in the Bronx to start this series, but the Cleveland Guardians roared back at Progressive Field: After a

CLEVELAND — Each foul ball felt like a countdown to lift off. In the top of the 10th inning of a tied ALCS Game 5, Juan Soto was entrenched in the kind of battle he had won so many times before. Hunter Gaddis was on the hill, the latest — and, ultimately, last — Cleveland