The biggest thing in reverse is the penchant of the Yankee bullpen to implode in high leverage moments. Mariano Rivera isn’t walking through that door.
I think if Soto has a big series then the Yanks win. If the Dodgers pen comes up big they win. I am not real confident in Judge becoming a pressure performer like Soto or even like Stanton in the last series. I would like to hope he flips a switch, but you can’t count on him at the moment to produce. Hopefully returning to SoCal will be good for him and Stanton.
The Dodgers are a fun team. I went to a game there years ago and had a great time. If they win it I’d be happy for them, especially so because of the imbecile “WAR guys” who said Ohtani would not be worth what he is getting paid. He is just an incredible once-in-a-lifetime talent that baseball has never seen before. He makes the game fun. I hope there are more Japanese players in the pipeline that come over with more regularity in the future.