Who should Phillies fans want to win the 2018 World Series?

With the World Series starting on Tuesday, the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers will face each other. Who should Phillies fans go to?

The 2018 World Series begins Tuesday night and features the Los Angeles Dodgers and Boston Red Sox. Yes, the two teams I really did not want to see here are here. But as they are, I will give my opinion on the team that Phillies fans should want to win.

The Red Sox, who have beaten the Houston Astros in five games in the ALCS, have taken a hot start and have never looked back. Boston started the season with 17-2 in the first 19 games, maintained a steady pace throughout the season and went through an easy September, winning the AL East by eight games and setting a dominant record of 108- 54.

Boston is led by Mookie Betts, often quoted in a personal capacity, who led all baseball in Wins Above Replacement with 10.9. How good is it? Although they are calculated differently, Betts beats all throwers too, including Phillies Aaron Nola's 10.0 WAR pitcher.

I would say that Betts is not a flashy player. He does everything very well. He was tied for first place overall in points scored, first at WAR, second at OPS, seventh overall, third in doubles, first in points, sixth in base, second in percentage of victory offensive and first in situation wins added. Oh, and he stole 30 goals, recorded a score of +21 in defense, while missing 26 games.

Note that this is only the first hitter. Do not forget JD Martinez, who scored a POPS of 1,031, scored 43 homers and drove in 130. Martinez is a formidable offensive player, but a slightly below average player, which can result in a slight liability for the Sox when they play in Los Angeles.

Boston has a solid remnant of training with players like the Ian Kinsler deadline acquisition, Brock Holt, Jackie Bradley, Jr., Xander Bogaerts, and more. They are led behind the plate by the receiver Sandy Leon, who is a strong defensive receiver, and Christian Vazquez, the replacement level.

In terms of pitch, the Red Sox are good, but I would not call the starting spin excellent. Apart from Chris Sale and half of David Price, the rest of the rotation does not disappoint me. Rick Porcello and Nathan Eovaldi are doing well, but the back of the board is fantastic. Between Hector Velazquez and Craig Kimbrel, it will be difficult for the Dodgers to score at the end of the race. They must do their best to chase the starters early and try to find leads among the bullpen in the middle.

Yes, Boston is stacked. But if their bats are cold (though unlikely), they might be in trouble.

The Dodgers have underperformed throughout the season. They were injured and slipped into the playoffs by beating the Colorado Rockies 5-2 at match 163. Their Pythagorean WL was 102-63, which means they played 10 times more than their point differential does not suggest it.

Everyone thinks of a playoff player when it comes to the Dodgers: Clayton Kershaw. The question is, will it be the ERA Kershaw in 2.39 regular season or the ESA Kershaw in 4.09 in the playoffs?

Kershaw came out of the box in the NLCS 'seventh game against the Brewers and started the ninth inning 1-2-3. However, in the World Series, it will begin. In the first game of the NLCS, he allowed five points (four earned) in three sets. It will not do much against the Red Sox.

Since the addition of Manny Machado to All-Star Break, the Dodgers are forming a completely different team.

Machado provides Los Angeles with much more depth than before. For example, Chris Taylor can play multiple positions, David Freese in the playoffs is a force to be reckoned with, Max Muncy, in his first full season in the big leagues, has been great.

The Dodgers also have strong strikers in Yasiel Puig and Cody Bellinger, two banal names among baseball fans.

That said, I think the pitchers are one of the places where I think the Dodgers have an advantage over the Red Sox. In addition to Kershaw, the Dodgers have a strong starting rotation that could include Walker Buehler, Hyun Jin Ryu, Rich Hill and potentially others.

I'm not sure how the Dodgers will handle their starting rotation as the Red Sox pose so many threats on the right side of the board, and three of the four pitchers I mentioned above are left handed.

I guess manager Dave Roberts will do anything to use his pen to his advantage. After all, he has so many exceptional throwers. They include Julio Urias, Phillie Ryan Madson, Kenley Jansen, Kenta Maeda, Caleb Ferguson, Alex Wood and Dylan Floro.

As we saw in the NLCS, Dave Roberts was not afraid to put beginners behind in difficult situations. As I have already mentioned, we have seen it with Kershaw. We also saw it with Rich Hill in the sixth game.

With the additions of Los Angeles in the middle of the summer, they brought their team to a higher level. These are two fantastic teams and it will be a fantastic series.

Who to look for? Damn, as a fan of the Phillies, if they could lose both, I would choose him. But, someone will win this series. The Dodgers were one game away from last season before losing the seventh home game against the Houston Astros and are now in the playoffs for the sixth year in a row. They have not won a world series since Oct. 20, 1988, when Orel Hershiser launched a full match of 117 shots over the Oakland Athletics.

Of course, you must mention the former Dodgers Phillies call with Phillie. Not only do they feature Madson, but also 2008 World Series teammate Chase Utley. Even if he's not active in the playoffs, seeing Utley sign a World Series ring to end his career would be great, even if it's not in Philadelphia.

The Red Sox, in the playoffs for the third year in a row after a two-year hiatus, won a final title in 2013, beating the St. Louis Cardinals in six games. They won previously in 2007 and 2004.

Personally, I am a fan of the end of long droughts. With the Astros last year, the Kansas City Royals ended a 30-year drought in 2015 (and a 29-year-old playoff drought the previous year), a 28-year drought in 2008, etc.

If you're a fan of the National League style, the good pitch and the end of the drought, I'll put my fan behind the Dodgers for the next week and a half. If you like aggressive attacks, good throws and AHL style of play, go for the Red Sox.

Personally, I prefer the Dodgers, but if I'm completely honest with myself, I have the impression that the Red Sox will accept that in 6. Buckle your belt, everyone, because it will be a fantastic series.