National League West Division Champions San Francisco Giants and NL Wild card game winner & 2020 World Series Champions Los Angeles Dodgers revealed their 26 Man squad for historic series.
The Giants won 107 games, more than in any other season in the long history of their franchise. The Dodgers won 106 games, tied for the most of any season in the long history of their franchise. They are, by any measure, the two best teams in baseball, and they’re legendary rivals dating back more than a century.
They’ve also, over all that time, never once met in the playoffs. (The 1951 and ‘62 tiebreakers were considered part of the regular season. You can talk about the 1889 World Series if you want, but a best-of-11 that predates the birth of the modern World Series by a dozen years hardly seems to count.)
It’s difficult to think of a more compelling matchup than “possibly the best Giants team ever” facing “possibly the best Dodgers team ever,” given the history between these two sides. It’s even more difficult to find an edge for either one.
In 19 head-to-head meetings, the Giants edged out a 10-9 record, yet they were outscored by the Dodgers by all of two runs, 80-78. Both teams had to weather late-season injuries to their slugging first basemen. Both teams won 50 games in the second half.
Dodgers 26 Man NLDS Roster
