Dodgers vs Mets, the $ 700 million players series
Dodgers and Mets, the only equipment with players of $ 700 million in their payrolls, start series in Queens.
The only teams with players $ 700 million In their payrolls and the two main favorites to represent the National League in the next World Seriesthe Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Metsare measured in Queens, adorning the weekend of Memorial Day in the United States.
The third and last game of the series will be on the traditional Espn Major Leagues (7 PM ET), preceded by the multipremized “baseball tonight”, which starts at 6:30 pm et.
The launchers indicated for the series are: Clayton Kershaw against Canning Griffin on Friday, Tony Gonsolin and David Peterson Saturday and Landon Knack against Kodai Senga Sunday.
The Dodgers lead the bateo league (.267), obp (.343), slugging (.471), PAHO (.813) and home runs (81), while the Mets command baseball with effectiveness of 2.82, the only set with average of less than 3.00.
Both Los Angeles and New York have had very different behaviors at home and on the route this season. The Dodgers have a 19-8 mark at home, but a modest 12-11 on the road. The METS have 17-5 record in Citi Field, but are below .500 (13-15) as visitors.
In the major league baseball (MLB), Memorial Day- that on the last Monday of May commemorates the United States fallen in foreign wars- marks the end of the first third of the calendar and, therefore, opens the stage of passing balance to the state of clubs and players in the season.
The Dodgers (31-19) lead the San Francisco Giants (29-21) for two games in the West Division of the old circuit, despite a terrible epidemic of injuries in their staff of pitchers, while the Mets (30-20) go through their worst moment of the whole year (2-5 in the last seven matches) to fall two games behind the philadelphia philli In the east division.
With the current standing, Phillies and Dodgers would advance to playoffs with the best brands in the League, while Mets, Giants and San Diego Padres would get the wild positions.
According to the updated AM850 Bet forecast, the Dodgers (+145) and Mets (+500) are the greatest favorites to advance to the World Series, followed by Phillies (+650), Chicago Cubs (+800), Atlanta Braves (+1.1000), parents (+1.200), Arizona Diamondbacks (+1,500) and Giants (+2,000).
Led by the Dominican Juan Sotowho is in its first season of its historic contract of 15 years and $ 765 million with the Mets, and the Japanese Shohei Ohtaniin the second year of its $ 700 million pact for 10 campaigns with the Dodgers, New York ($ 323.1 million) and Los Angeles ($ 321.3 million) left one and two in salary payrolls on the opening day of the season.
Ohtani, who has won three most valuable player awards in four years, Batea .329 with 10 home runs, 21 pushed races and 20 scored in May. In the season, Ohtani Batea .304 with 11 robberies and leads MLB with 17 home runs and 52 scored, while preparing to return as a pitcher at some point of the next two months.
Soto, who has won the silver bat in five consecutive years, has suffered at the beginning of the season, hitting .243, but has 17 extrabasses, 33 scored, more tickets (39) than puches (37) and a decent percentage of PAHO (.804).
The Dodgers and the Mets faced the National League Championship Series last year and the Californians won in six games and then beat the New York Yankees in the World Series to conquer your second title in five years.
It was the second time that the teams faced a league final. The first was in 1988. That season he saw a Dodgers player (Kirk Gibson) win the most valuable player award in the National League and a Mets player (Darryl Strawberry) is second. That was exactly what happened in 2024, when Ohtani surpassed the Puerto Rican torpedo Francisco Lindor.
