The MLB Dream Bracket has reached the semi-finals in the American League and the New York Yankees are set to face the Boston Red Sox. Who wins?
With the novel coronavirus having shut down the sport since March 12, baseball fans have been starved for content. Fortunately, the MLB Dream Bracket has been providing us with the ultimate baseball fix: a 32-team bracket made up of each organization’s best players.
On the American League side, 16 teams have been widdled down to two, and the New York Yankees are set to face off against their rivals the Boston Red Sox.
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Now, these two franchises are perhaps the most storied in MLB history, both coming into existence within two years of each other. The Yankees, born into existence in 1903 as the New York Highlanders, have a lifetime .570 W-L%, 55 playoff appearances, 40 pennants, and 27 championships. While the Red Sox, first known as the Boston Americans, first took flight in 1901 and have a lifetime .519 W-L%, 24 playoff appearances, 14 pennants, and 9 championships.
Overall, it appears as though the Yankees have the advantage. Especially when given the fact that they have a better winning percentage, over 2x as many playoff appearances, almost 3x as many pennants, and exactly 3x as many championships.
In reality, both teams are closer than you’d think, and recent history would tell you that it’s the Red Sox who have the better team. In fact, since 2004, the season in which Boston slayed the “Curse of the Bambino,” the Red Sox have won 4 titles (2004, 2007, 2013, 2018) to the Yankees’ 1 (2009).
So today we’re going to settle the debate once and for all and provide a prediction for the MLB Dream Bracket semifinals matchup between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox.
To begin, let’s break down each team’s offense.