MLB great details where Yankees have advantage over Dodgers in World Series

MLB great John Smoltz explains why the New York Yankees have an advantage in one aspect of their World Series matchup, on OutKick's "Don't @ Me with Dan Dakich."

Baseball Hall of Famer John Smoltz said Friday he thinks the New York Yankees have one big advantage over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series. 

The eight-time All-Star talked about the Yankees' advantage when he joined OutKick’s "Don’t @ Me With Dan Dakch."

"I think the Yankees have an advantage in the starting rotation. They have four starters. We haven’t seen four starters all year. At least I haven’t in the series that I’ve had, we’ve had bullpen games for the Dodgers. They are going to have bullpen games again, but the Yankees can throw out four starters," Smoltz said.

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John Smoltz acknowledges the crowd during the introduction of returning inductees at the National Baseball Hall of Fames 2024 induction ceremony on Sunday, July 21, 2024, at the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown, New York. (IMAGN)

"Which if (the Yankees starters) do their job and have a nice little streak going. I read something in the stats, and I had to do a double take, because it seems so simple. But the Yankees have seven consecutive games of four innings and two runs or less given up. 

"Now, four innings is not a lot, but that just tells you where we are in the state of the game for what is being valued and what the commodities that certain teams have or don’t have."

The Yankees' four starters that they used this postseason are Gerrit Cole, Carlos Rodón, Clarke Schmidt and Luis Gil. 

Cole is starting Game 1, while manager Aaron Boone has announced that Rodón and Schmidt will start Games 2 and 3. 

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