Dodgers, Yankees haven't 'skipped a beat' despite injuries

The Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees continue their three-game series this Saturday evening at Dodger Stadium. 

You can watch all the action on FOX and the FOX Sports app with coverage starting at 7:15 pm ET.

It shouldn’t be a surprise that both teams haven’t skipped a beat since meeting in last year’s World Series, though it hasn’t been without adversity.

Yankees ace Gerrit Cole had Tommy John surgery in March and AL Rookie of the Year Luis Gil has been on the shelf all season with a strained lat muscle. Meanwhile, Tyler Glasnow, Blake Snell, Roki Sasaki, Gavin Stone, Brusdar Graterol, Michael Kopech and Blake Treinen are all on the injured list for Los Angeles.

Sheesh.

Despite all the injuries to their pitching staffs, both teams keep winning. New York (35-20) has the third-best record in baseball behind the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies, and Los Angeles (34-22) is right on their heels.

Great teams always find a way.

It also helps to have superheroes like Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani.

"It feels like the Dodgers haven’t really had a great year," Westgate SuperBook senior baseball trader Randy Blum told FOX Sports. "Then you look up, and they’re a top-three team in baseball that’s sitting in first place. It speaks to the depth of their team and their ability to sustain injuries.

"The offense is still very legit," Blum continued. "They’re winning some shootouts. Ohtani has just been amazing. I’m double the market on him for MVP because he’s going to start pitching soon. The guy has the best numbers of any player in the National League, and now he’s going to pitch.

"They’re also going to get some of these pitchers back from what I’ve been reading from the beat writers. We’ll probably never see ‘em at