Ordinary, the idea of the top two payroll teams meeting up anywhere in the postseason would be pretty boring. The Mets, whose competitive balance tax salary for the season is $356.2 million, are the #1 team. The Dodgers, with a CBT salary number at $351.7 million, come in second. (The Orioles were 23rd with a number of $134.2 million, more than a hundred million below the lowest of the tax-paying thresholds.) That should be super boring.
These particular Mets and Dodgers teams are more interesting than that. The Dodgers, despite that huge payroll, have been cobbling together a patchwork pitching staff through this whole postseason, already planning a bullpen game in this LCS round against the Mets.