LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani carried the injury-riddled Los Angeles Dodgers to Major League Baseball’s best record during the 2024 regular season.
Tommy Edman joined the team in late July and helped them reach the World Series.
It’s been that kind of year for the big-spending National League West Division champions. When Ohtani isn’t amazing with his power at the plate and prowess on the basepaths, someone else is stepping up.
Edman and Will Smith homered to send Ohtani into the World Series for the first time, and the Dodgers eliminated the wild-card New York Mets with a 10-5 victory Sunday night in Game 6 of the best-of-seven NL Championship Series.
Los Angeles will open the World Series against the New York Yankees on Friday at Dodger Stadium. The Yankees, who had the American League’s best regular-season mark, had already secured their record-extending 41st trip to the World Series with a Game 5 victory Saturday night against the Cleveland Guardians to wrap up the AL Championship Series.