MLB Playoffs 2020 – The best match of the Dodgers-Ray World Series baseball

After going through an extra round of playoffs in the extended 2020 MLB postseason and pushed to the limit in the league championship series, the top seed in each league has advanced to the World Series.

The Los Angeles Dodgers, who set the best baseball record this year and haven’t won it all since 1988, face Tampa Bay Reno – the best team in the American League and have never won a Fall Classic – starting Tuesday night in Arlington, Texas. World Series.

Here is the series to see this, plus the odds, the key to victory and more.

The odds say …

The Dodgers have a 69.8% chance of winning the series. (Estimates from ESPN’s Bradford Doolittle.)

How they got here

Rays: Powered by impressive pitching staff, including three potential aces in Black Snell, Charlie Morton and Tyler Glassno, Tampa ran away with two AL East races and outscored Auckland Athletics for the league’s best mark. Brandon Lowe was the only true offensive lineman who finished 12th in the Major with 289 runs and made the .753 team an OPS.

Wild Card Series: Toronto beat the Blue Jays 2-0

A.L. Section section: New York beat the Yankees 3-2

ALCS: Beat the Houston Astros 4-3

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Dodgers: Once the LAA received mocky bets from the Boston Red Sox in February, the Dodgers became a World Series favorite over obstacles. They did not disappoint, racing to a record of -17 43-1 and posting the best ever plus-136 differential in baseball.

Wild Card Series: Beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-0

National League Division Series: Beat San Diego Pedres 3-0

NLCS: Beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3

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Series schedule

At Arlington, Texas

Game 1: Tuesday, Fox
Game 2: Wednesday, the fox
Game 3: Friday, Fox
Game 4: Saturday, Fox
Game 5: Sunday, the fox (if necessary)
Game 6: Oct 27, the fox (if necessary)
Game 7: Oct. 28, fox (if required)

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Three reasons to win the rays series

1. Their pitching staff is more relaxed

The clear, winning game 7 against the Astros was the priority of the Rays. If it had failed, these words would not have been necessary, and if Kevin Cash had had to use a large jar to pour every raze from Nick Enderson to Dennis Kid Aid, he could have done it. But Cash didn’t need to empty his pitching tank. Combined with Charlie Morton, Anderson and Peter Fairbanks closing Houston on just 114 pitches, Reese will start the World Series again after a two-day holiday with rejuvenated pitching staff.

The Dodgers, of course, not only had to play on Sunday to finally get the Brave out, but physical clouds hovered over both of their top two starters (Waker Kar Buhler, Blisters and Clayton Kershaw, back). There is no reason to think that it will definitely result in a World Series, but both are the kind of illnesses that can re-emerge at the time of impotence.

2. Circulation setup

Even more important than the rest of the factor, I just like how the ‘potential progress of the races is set better than the dodgers’. Cash may have its own ideas, but if the use of rotation during the postseason is any guide, then Tyler Glassno should start Game 1 on the rest of the five days. In the remaining four or less days, his career a.ra. Is 5.21; At five days or more, it’s 3.57.

Game 2 should be black snail on normal black. The era of his career at general rest is 3.27. After Game 3, day f day, Morton goes on a five-day break, and his career era is 3.63 with more than the usual rest. Also, due to the calendar calendar lander for the World Series, Morton is not only in line for Game 3, but could return and start potential Game 7 at normal rest. Morton is the all-time leader in Game 7 wins.

Probably Game 4 goes to Ryan Yerbro. Until then, Yarbro would not have been ready by October 13th. However, a long down period with a sudden off-day f during a match down i.e. the beginning of a cash series can use the earbro for relief. And that’s what he wants to do: Dodgers ’team OPS is just .659 against soft pitches thrown by the Left this season, ranking 17th in the Major. The average pitch thrown by Southpaw Yarbro this season has been just 81.4 miles.

Then he resets: Glass can go to normal rest in Game 5, snail with a five-day break in Game 6, and mentions Morton if he gets into a winner-take-all competition. Yes, best-of-breed pitching schemes usually go awry when you go to playsps. But even days off in the schedule will benefit Cash’s deep bullpen. He should have little reason to deploy any of his big three starters in anything other than his traditional role during the Fall Class Class.

3. Bullpen, bullpen, bullpen

In a ray built by the repetition of front office fees, his teammate Andrew Friedman-Built Dodgers is coming up against his original team, which is very intrusive about what he helped set up the template. In some ways, Los Angeles is likely to enjoy it, justifying the extreme favorite position. Finally, you take all the rays done to get the rays, transplant it into the LA and attach it to the vast resources of the Dodgers. An example behind when teams found fans in attendance: you can average any three recent Ray season attendance, add them together, and that’s less than the typical one-season attendance count at Dodder Stadium.

You’ll see the difference in sources when it comes to Dodgers and Star Power on the payroll who prefer the put bets and Clayton Kershaw command. However, this matching of resources can be found in the corresponding bullpen.

Consider the issues that the Dodgers have had recently when it comes to sketching the end of their games in a soap opera-like manner with KJL Jensen’s near / non-close position. Rays, on the other hand, have a lot of closures, and are comfortable getting more than three if needed. And they don’t have the grandeur of options because Fairbanks or Ersderson or Diego Castillo aren’t good enough to save a ninth-inning person. That’s because that’s all.

So in Game 7 against the Astros, Cash Andersen could be called up – one of the handful of liberators in the game right now – to take the ball from Morton in the sixth inning. Cash could do that because he had Castillo and Fairbanks in his hip pocket, among others. And he didn’t even have to use Castillo. – Bradford Doolittle

There are three reasons to win the Dodgers series

1. They are a better offense

The Dodgers scored an average of 82.826 runs per game in Reese’s 4,822 regular season. Dodgers have star hitters above and below the lineup without any smooth stones, in addition to good hitters on the bench. They are waiting for their pitch to perform better than any other team. Only the Yankees had a low chase rate, and only the Astros came out in less time. This approach was adopted by the best home run Will Smith NLCS. The best example was given by Brave reliever Will Smith in Game 5. Smith could not swing on the first five pitches. He hit a three-run home run on the sixth pitch of the fastball ball.

Rays, meanwhile, led large companies to strikeouts and relied heavily on red-hot Randy Arozerena in the ALCS. Arozarena hit .321 while the rest hit in .183. Reese has relied heavily on Homer to make his runs in the posts season, coming in at .91.9% house rate compared to .51. %% in the regular season. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, as long as you run a lot home; But it is becoming a tougher approach against ders jers pitching staff who have the second-lowest rate of home runs in a regular season. Then you have to take the factor that all seven games will be held in the Globe Life Field, which has played as a tough home run park.

2. They have a better bullpen

Wait … what? Well, I know that DJers’ bullpen wasn’t a completely downdown in NLCS, but here’s a reminder that they had a 2.74 bullpen era compared to 3..3737 for rays. The Dodgers may not have a statistic as strong as Nick Anderson, but Anderson has made it to four of his seven postseason releases. Plus, Kevin Cash largely relies on three relievers in the biggest moments – Ersderson, Diego Castillo and Peter Fairbanks. The second level of relief – Ryan Thompson, John Curtis, Aaron Lupp – is not as hard to throw and is sensitive.

Dodgers, meanwhile, go seven or eight deep for quality relief, and before making the fact that they can only use four starts with two off days, so they can move Dustin May or Tony Gonsolin into the pen. With a mix of rays and a match lineup, it’s also a big clue that the Dodgers have two power lefties in Jack McGee and Victor Gonzalez, so Ray Roberts will be able to match depending on where Rain’s lineup is. Perhaps most importantly, it looks like Kenley Jensen has regained his temper, allowing Roberts to plan for the ninth inning and use the reliefs accordingly.

3. They are due

No, there is nothing scientific in this analysis. The Dodgers have long been a great team, with eight straight division titles. You might be wondering if coming back from a 3-1 deficit against Brave really helps relieve some of the extra pressure. A few days ago, they were down and out, from one loss to another disappointing end of the season. And now they are in the World Series. It’s almost like bonus baseball.

Clayton Kershaw is in line to start Game 1, and here’s a little instruction: Don’t start it at regular rest in Game 5, it’s been a problem game in its previous two World Series. In 2017, he was great in Game 1, then allowed six runs in Game 5 (the Astros noted fraud). In 2018, it wasn’t great at the start either but allowed the Red 5 to run three home runs in Game 5. Dodgers have the luxury of five good starts, an egg bullpen and two off days. Throwing in Kershaw’s previous issue forced him to move early in the NLCS and gave him a few more extra days before a potential game start. It will still allow Waker Buhler to go to regular rest in Game 3 and then Game 7. – David Shoenfield