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Before the 2025 MLB World Series begins on Friday night, here's what the Rotoworld crew thinks of the matchup between the Dodgers and the Blue Jays.
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The 2025 World Series matchup might not inspire a lot of calm, rational debate. The behemoth Dodgers have steamrolled through the postseason, racking up a 9-1 record while facing the Reds, Phillies and Brewers. Some have suggested that it’s necessary for the Blue Jays to beat them in order to avoid a 2027 lockout or even prevent baseball from ruin entirely.
The Blue Jays don’t beat themselves. They have Vlad, Springer, Yesavage and Gaussman. They hit good pitching. They will have home field advantage. They might save baseball from being ruined.
It’s the Dodgers’ payroll that inspires so much consternation, and it can’t help that they’ve already been connected with this winter’s No. 1 free agent, Kyle Tucker. The Blue Jays, though, have assembled a great deal of talent despite losing out to the Dodgers in their pursuit of both Shohei Ohtani and Roki Sasaki. While their biggest 2025 addition, Anthony Santander, has been a non-factor due to injury and won’t play in the World Series, Shane Bieber, Jeff Hoffman, Andrés Giménez, and Max Scherzer have all been important in getting the Jays to this point. Will it be enough? Probably not, at least the way we see it.
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