The Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies are set to go head-to-head in the NLDS. Both teams are legitimate World Series contenders, and there is a chance that the winner of the series will end up earning a 2025 championship later in October. Although the Dodgers-Phillies series projects to be competitive — and no one is claiming the teams are best friends — JT Realmuto took a moment to praise the NL West juggernaut on Friday.
“In my opinion, they're the epitome of what Major League should be,” Realmuto said of the Dodgers, via Bob Nightengale of USA Today. “They go out every year and try to win, their ownership is awesome, their front office is great. It's an organization that the other teams look up to. And I see us as the same way.”
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