The New York Yankees' defeat in the 2024 World Series was primarily attributed to their poor fundamentals, which were exploited by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Freddie Freeman's pivotal walk-off grand slam overshadowed multiple mistakes by the Yankees' defense, including significant misplays by Juan Soto. The Dodgers had carefully studied the Yankees and recognized their defensive flaws, leading to their successful strategy of applying pressure that resulted in critical errors. The Yankees' inability to maintain composure under pressure ultimately cost them the championship.
Then when we got to the Yankees and we started to prepare for them in our scouting report meeting before the series, we found their weakness. Their weakness was the way they make outs on the bases, the way that they didn't take care of the baseball and play a little bit of lazy defense. So we said, 'OK, we know we're good. But we're going to put pressure on them to make little mistakes.' That's the reason why they bobble balls, is because they know we're going to be running hard.
A slight misplay by Juan Soto in right field allowed the Dodgers to score their first run of the game in the fifth inning. Later, a sloppy exchange between Soto and Anthony Volpe enabled Mookie Betts to tie the game in the eighth inning.
Freddie Freeman's walk-off grand slam in Game 1 of the 2024 World Series was the most important play of the series, it was the New York Yankees' lack of fundamentals that ultimately cost them the championship.
The Dodgers' scouting report on the Yankees is well documented at this point and Miguel Rojas discussed what made New York so vulnerable, stating that they had all those videos to prepare for the weaknesses of the Yankees.
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