Are the Yankees better than the Dodgers?
Are the Yankees better than the Dodgers? | Baseball Bar-B-Cast
Yahoo Sports senior MLB analyst Jake Mintz and senior MLB analyst Jordan Shusterman preview the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers series and explain why the Yankees have the advantage. Hear the full conversation on the 'Baseball Bar-B-Cast' podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.
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Last year, it was pretty clear pretty quickly that the Yankees were playing worse baseball than the Dodgers.
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Yeah, right, like, yeah, that's not the case right now.
I think there's a very strong argument that the Yankees are better than the Dodgers.
The run differential, at least right now, oh yeah, is almost 2 X.
What the Dodgers are.
I believe the Yankees are at + 113 and the Dodgers are at +65.
If you are readying for this series and you're like, oh, I can't believe I should watch this again, 3 nights in a row.
Oh my God, Yankees Dodgers, please, I'm gonna go do something else.
I'm gonna goss here this time.
Is that is exciting.
This is my cell.
It's a lot of different characters.
Trent Grisham not involved.
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He was there.
Griffin not involved Ben Rice.
He, I don't know if he was not involved.
Paul Goldschmidt not involved.
Devin Williams not involved.
We'll have the Devin Williams said he thought he was getting traded to the Dodgers, ended up.
Going to the Yankees, we will definitely get that.
Uh, Cody Bellinger not involved?
Cody Bellinger against the Dodgers.
There's some stuff here, people.
I think the Dodgers being at home feels like it'll be a nice little opportunity for them to remind people they're still pretty good.
But I do agree the Yankees are playing much better, basically across the board.
They've been way more consistent.
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The run differential speaks for itself.
They have a lot more of their just team clicking.
Yes, they have some weak spots, spots that you can still kind of make fun of, but they look very, very good, which is why we said before, like, yeah, they're gonna win the least.
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