The top-seeded Dodgers dug out of a 2-1 hole in the NLDS to come back and beat the San Diego Padres in the best-of-five series, then beat the Mets in six. The Yankees, who earned a bye on the American League side, beat the Kansas City Royals in the ALDS and the Cleveland Guardians in the ALCS.

Tommy Edman and Will Smith homered to send Shohei Ohtani into the World Series for the first time, and the Los Angeles Dodgers eliminated the New York Mets with a 10-5 victory in Game 6 of the NL Cham

Of all the years the Los Angeles Dodgers could have won the National League pennant and didn’t, how could this be the one when they did? Their rotation splintered, injury by injury, until no aces remained for October.