It has been about five months since Walker Buehler recorded the final out of the 2024 World Series, giving the Los Angeles Dodgers their eighth title in franchise history.

If you asked most baseball fans to offer up one lasting image from the 2024 MLB season, it would probably be a hobbled Freddie Freeman, triumphantly rounding the bases after hitting a walk-off grand slam against New York Yankees lefty Nestor Cortes to win Game 1 of the World Series for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Four months ago the Los Angeles Dodgers dispatched the New York Yankees in the World Series in just five games. While the final series ended 4-1, former Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes clearly believes the Dodgers were not the better team in the series.