LA Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani (30) and American League's top star Aaron Judge (32) will clash in the World Series.  토토사이트

Major League Baseball's official media MLB.com said on the 23rd (Korea time), "Aaron Judge was excited about the Yankees and Dodgers meeting in the World Series, where players who are likely to win MVP awards in each league. He is one of the players wondering how Shohei Ohtani, who called him the "best player in baseball," will react to this spotlight," highlighting the World Series showdown between Judge and Ohtani. 
Ohtani is the best star in the Major League with a batting average of 282 (878 hits in 319 at-bats) in 875 games of the Major League, 225 homers, 567 RBIs, 562 runs, 145 steals, OPS.946, 38 wins, 19 losses, and an ERA of 3.01 in 86 games (481 ⅔ innings) of pitchers. This season, he signed a 10-year, 700 million-dollar contract with the Dodgers and was unable to combine pitching due to elbow surgery in September last year, but he achieved the feat of achieving 50 homers and 50 steals for the first time in Major League history by hitting 311 games (197 hits in 636 at-bats), 54 homers, 130 RBIs, 134 runs and 59 steals. His postseason performance was 286 (12 hits in 42 at-bats), three homers, 10 RBIs, and 12 runs in OPS.934 in 11 games

If Ohtani represents a star player in the National League, there is Judge in the American League. Judge is the representative home run hitter in the Major League with a batting average of 288 (5,026 hits in 3,564 at-bats) of 315 home runs, 716 RBIs, 736 runs, 53 steals, and OPS 1.010. In 2023, Judge achieved his first 60 home runs since his debut, deterring Ohtani from winning the American League MVP award for the third consecutive year. This season, he also had a batting average of 3202 (180 hits in 559 at-bats), 58 home runs, 144 RBIs, 122 runs and OPS of 1.159 in 158 games, which is highly likely to win the MVP award. In the post-season, Judge displayed a slight slowdown in his nine-game batting average of 1661 (five hits in 31 at-bats), two home runs, six RBIs, six runs, one stolen base, and OPS of .704. 

Judge said, "Ohtani can hit for batting average or for power. And he has speed. Many things have been mentioned that he accomplished by stealing 50 bases this year, but I don't think that's enough. He is a truly remarkable athlete. He is the best player in the baseball world. And he is a player who promotes this sport in general." 

"When Otani was playing for the Angels, we often had showdowns during the regular season, watching him hit a home run over my head," Judge said. "But now I have a chance to play together at the most important moment on the most important stage. I think it would be pretty cool to see this kind of scene," Judge said, looking forward to his World Series showdown with Otani. 

Ohtani also had high expectations to meet Judge and Yankees at the World Series. After confirming his advance to the World Series by beating the Mets in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series, Ohtani said in an interview, "(The World Series) is a stage that I wanted to keep going and play. From this moment on, I want to work hard, thinking that it is only important to win the World Series with the goal. (The Yankees) are certainly a great team. They are a great team, and there are many great players besides players whose names have been mentioned one by one (Aaron Judge, Juan Soto, etc.). I will do my best in the future." 

Dodgers and Yankees are traditional rivals that go up to the days when Dodgers was based in Brooklyn, New York. They have faced off each other 11 times in the World Series alone, and this is their 12th showdown. In the previous 11 showdowns, the Yankees won eight times, and the Dodgers won three times, while the Yankees won 37 wins and 29 losses. The last showdown was in the 1981 World Series, in which the Dodgers won four consecutive games after two consecutive losses. This matchup is the first in 43 years and is already drawing enthusiastic fans of Major League Baseball.