Judge leads the Yankees to Los Angeles against Shohei Ohtani to lead the Dodgers World Series reenactment weekend

The big thing in baseball is coming. The much-anticipated rematch, the Dodgers vs. the Yankees, will be the first time the two teams have met since last year's World Series. The Dodgers won five games last year, ending the Yankees' first World Series trip in 15 years and winning their first full-season championship since 1988. Whether it's the end of October or the end of May, this matchup is full of highlights. When the series kicks off at Dodger Park on Saturday at 10:10 a.m. EDT (7:10 p.m. PT Friday) (streamed live on Apple TV+), the stars will be showered across the court.

Two great players, Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani, will face each other head-to-head, but they are not the only focus. According to Elias Sports Bureau statistics, if the two sides field regular starting lineups, it will be the first time in MLB history that there will be six MVP winners in the same game: the Dodgers camp includes current National League MVP Shohei Ohtani, 2018 American League MVP Mookie Betts (Mookie Betts), 2020 National League MVP Freddie Freeman (Freddie Freeman); The Yankees are led by current American League MVP Judge, 2019 National League MVP Cody Bellinger, and 2022 National League MVP Paul Goldschmidt.

Judge and Shohei Ohtani have an impressive start to 2025: the former batting average at 0.400 and hitting 18 home runs by June, the latter leading the major leagues with 20 hits and 11 base stolen to extend their first MLB single-season storied run of "at least 50 hits and 50 stolen bases." Freeman is also in hot form as the 2024 World Series MVP (hitting the first Goodbye Slam home run in World Series history), leading the National League with a batting percentage of 0.359 and an attack index of 1.044.

Bellinger will face his old club who played for and won the 2017 National League Rookie King and the 2019 National League MVP as he recovers on the striking end. The Yankees will return to their Southern California opener on Friday, with the left-handed 7-0 starter in the striped jersey and a league-best 1.29 ERA in MLB. His opponent will be Dodgers' right-handed Tony Gonsolin. Saturday's Game 2 (Sunday 7:15 a.m. CST / Saturday 4:15 p.m. PT, FOX live) is scheduled for Yankee Will Warren to face off against Dodger Landon Knack. Sunday's finale (7:10 a.m. EDT / 4:10 p.m. PT on Sunday, live on ESPN) The Dodgers will introduce ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who leads the National League with a starting ERA of 1.97 in his first 11 games and only 20 guaranteed strikeouts in 75 games, while the Yankees have yet to announce a starting pitcher.

This Los Angeles weekend is destined for an epic series. Every meeting between these two historic clubs will be broadcast live across the country, and every game has the potential to create memorable moments and legends – and it all started on Friday night.