Yankees and Dodgers lead the way

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The New York Yankees of the American League and the Los Angeles Dodgers of the National lead the midseason in major league baseball.

It would be wise to wait a bit before planning a meeting between these two legendary teams at the next World Series, but it is clear that this scenario seems likely.

In the Yankees' case, they had an extraordinary first half with a 59-23 record. In particular, they scored 175 points more than their opponents over the course of the matches, i.e. 421 points scored against 246.

Aaron Judge's performance is a reflection of the team, he who took advantage from a 16-0 victory against the poor Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night to hit his 30th homer of the season.

“It was a pretty impressive first half, agreed the manager of the Yankees, Aaron Boone, on Judge, as quoted on the major league website. The type of baseball he plays and obviously the power is there.”

With a 30th longball, Judge ranks second in Yankees history for most home runs before the All-Star break. Roger Maris retains the record, with 33, during his famous 1961 season. The Yankees, however, still had 10 games to play before the all-star meeting on July 19 at Dodger Stadium.

< strong>The best is yet to come

In the National League, the Dodgers (52-29) are precisely those who, unsurprisingly, have the best record halfway through the campaign. And according to outfielder Mookie Betts, the Los Angeles roster hasn't played to its full potential yet.

“I think we played well, but we haven't really been that good” hots” than we are capable of,” said Betts, whose remarks were reported by MLB.com. We hope to have a good streak and increase the gap in our division. However, you have to take it one game at a time.”

The San Diego Padres (47-36) nevertheless remain six games behind the Dodgers and the head of the West Division.

In addition to the Yankees and Dodgers, the Minnesota Twins, Houston Astros, New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers are well positioned to win their respective division titles. The race for the teams drafted, both in the American and in the National, is however likely to be very exciting, under the new format of the series allowing a total of 12 clubs to qualify.