Late last month, the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrated the franchise’s eighth anniversary World Series title.

The 7-6 win in the 5th game of the series eliminated the American League champions New York Yankees. The Dodgers won the classic Game 1 instantly when Freddie Freeman hit a grand slam from distance in the 10th inning.

Los Angeles won the next two games and was on the verge of clinching the championship.

The Yankees managed to win Game 4, but some errors in fifth inning In Game 5, it turned out to be more than New York could handle. California native and Dodgers pitcher Joe Kelly wasn’t shy about offering his unfiltered assessments of why the Dodgers beat the Yankees.

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Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Joe Kelly throws a pitch against the Miami Marlins during the sixth inning at CreditDepot Park in Miami, Fla., on September 18, 2024. (Sam Navarro/Imagn Images)

During its last edition “Baseball Isn’t Boringpodcast, Kelly attacked the Yankees, suggesting they should be a lower seed in the playoffs.

“We’ve seen it every game. Let them throw the ball down the field. They can’t make plays,” Kelly said. “There was a mismatch from the very beginning. If we had re-done the play-off seeding, they might have been the eighth or ninth best team in the play-off.

“You put the Padres ahead of them. You put the Phillies ahead of them. You put the Mets ahead of them. You put the Braves ahead of them, and the Braves were unlucky to play that doubleheader.”

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Even though the Yankees only needed five games to qualify. guards In the ALCS, Kelly believes Cleveland is playing “better baseball all around.”

“I mean, the Guardians played terrible, but the Guardians played better (defense) and better baseball,” Kelly said, before once again calling the Dodgers’ matchup with the Yankees “a complete mismatch.”

Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Joe Kelly throws a pitch against the Miami Marlins during the sixth inning at CreditDepot Park in Miami, Fla., on September 18, 2024. (Sam Navarro/Imagn Images)

Aaron Judge and Anthony Volpe made errors in the disastrous fifth inning of Game 5. Pitcher Gerrit Cole compounded the problems when he failed to get past first base, which helped the Dodgers score five runs in the inning.

Joe Kelly (99) and Teoscar Hernández (37) of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate their 7-6 victory in Game 5 to win the 2024 World Series against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on October 30, 2024. new York (Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

New York’s defensive issues surfaced well before Game 5. In the series opener, Yankees infielder Gleyber Torres allowed an errant pitch. Shohei Ohtani to move on to the third stage. The Dodgers’ star designated hitter was eventually able to reach home plate safely to tie the game.

“Shohei got an extra base by moving to third on a sloppy play by Gleyber (Torres). We all knew that. … We’re the Dodgers. … We know every little detail.”

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The Yankees enter the postseason with a cloud of uncertainty hanging over Juan Soto. The star outfielder hit a career-high 41 home runs in 2024. However, a bidding war is expected this offseason as teams try to sign Soto.

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