Soto leaving New York for the opposite coast, and the Dodgers in particular, would pose a serious problem for the Yankees’ chances to win a World Series title in the near future.
The Yankees earned their way to the Fall Classic for the first time in 15 years this season, which was also Soto’s first campaign with the organization. However, New York still fell short, losing to the Dodgers in five games.
Los Angeles, which has a superstar lineup already, overcame a serious injury to one of its best position players in Freddie Freeman as well as a banged up pitching rotation throughout the postseason. If close to fully healthy and equipped with Soto, it is hard to imagine any team in MLB knocking the Dodgers off in 2025.
“The Dodgers made so much money off of Ohtani that their financial advantages are gonna be even greater than they were before, when they merely had the best regional television deal,” LeBatard added Tuesday. “They’ve got all of the good players. It’s just asinine to have Ohtani and Freeman and [Mookie] Betts in the middle of the same lineup. [They] got to the World Series even though everyone else around them was hurt. [They] got to the World Series with Freeman limping because a third of their lineup is those three guys.”
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