The Yankees’ have won 27 of their 40 after an 8-7 start to build a 35-20 record that has them leading the AL East by 6 ½ games. The Dodgers have been crushed by pitching injuries, but Shohei Ohtani is having another sensational season and they’re leading the tough NL West with a 34-20 record.

The World Series rematch starts tonight! Plus: The Dodgers acquire a former All-Star reliever, the Nats did something kinda strange and Ken checks in on the Rangers offense. I’m Levi Weaver, here with Ken Rosenthal. Welcome to The Windup!

From high-octane lineups to crafty pitching, this Yankees-Dodgers battle is baseball’s main event of this weekend.

Judge would know about living large. With a .391 average, he’s got a shot to be the first player in 84 years to finish at .400. There’s nothing in Judge’s history that suggests he’ll run the table – his career average is 100 points lower – but with a third of the season already in the books, his odds are improving.

Jack Harris covers the Dodgers for the Los Angeles Times. Before that, he covered the Angels, the Kings and almost everything else the L.A. sports scene had to offer. A Phoenix native, he originally interned at The Times before joining the staff in 2019.

The Los Angeles Dodgers announced Thursday that they acquired reliever Alexis Diaz from the Cincinnati Reds for pitching prospect Mike Villani.

It'll be a rematch of last year's World Series when the Yankees and Dodgers play a weekend series at Dodger Stadium.

Former Los Angeles Dodgers utility player Chris Taylor still holds true to his words leveled against the Yankees in last year's World Series.