![]() ![]() They are deserved favourites to win the 2018 World Series. The Boston Red Sox were the better regular season team, have more star power, beat better teams in the playoffs and are better rested. That means JD Martinez will either play 1B (displacing the Mitch Moreland/Steve Pearce platoon) or RF which would force Mookie Betts to move from RF to CF (sending plus defender and ALCS MVP Jackie Bradley to the bench) or 2B (displacing Ian Kinsler). When playing games three, four and five in Los Angeles, the Sox will be without the services of a DH (designated hitter). If you’re looking for an issue, it’s that Boston may have too much of a good thing. It’s deep and star-laden (both Mookie Betts and JD Martinez have received MVP buzz), having scored the most runs in MLB (by 25) while sporting MLB’s 6th-best defence. With no exaggerations, the Boston Red Sox have the best line-up in MLB. In short we have two storied franchises going up against each other with the world watching. The two stadiums couldn’t be further apart, and that means this World Series encompasses the entire continent. These are the two biggest payrolls in baseball and two nationally-popular fanbases. The team we see now is far better than the one that stood 16-26. LA got healthy and then bolstered their roster with the additions of all-star Manny Machado, Brian Dozier and David Freese to help them against lefties and Ryan Madsen to bolster the bullpen. In the National League, the Dodgers struggled to a mere 91 wins, but that total is misleading they survived severe early-season injury issues and a 16-26 start, despite which they easily had the league’s best run differential (a much better indicator of team strength than actual record). Read: How do you make money from MLB predictions?.
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