Star sluggers Cody Bellinger of the Los Angeles Dodgers and D.J. LeMahieu of the New York Yankees have powered their teams to the top of Major League Baseball at mid-season. As the race for playoff spots begins following the All-Star Game, attention turns to the Dodgers' bid for a third consecutive trip to the World Series and the Yankees' quest to stretch their record to 28 World Series crowns with their first since 2009. The Dodgers, who last won the World Series in 1988, lost the best-of-seven championship final to Houston in seven games in 2017 and to Boston in five games last year.