New York at Los Angeles

The two best offenses in baseball face off in the 2024 World Series, and New York has the edge in Game 1 with Gerrit Cole starting. Cole has won his past five starts, including all three postseason games. Los Angeles hitters are a combined 37-for-164 with five homers against Cole. Jack Flaherty got destroyed in his last outing against the Mets, allowing eight runs on eight hits in three innings of a 12-6 loss. The Yankees have won seven straight versus right-handed starters and have gone OVER five interleague games in a row as underdogs. The Dodgers have gone OVER six of their past seven home games, and they are 98-69 to the OVER in 2024, and New York is 90-73 OVER this season. The Yankees are 7-2 in the playoffs and three of their past four games have soared OVER. Take the Yankees and the OVER.