The Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers opened this season with very different projections—truth be told, we picked Toronto to finish last in the AL East—and yet here we are with the Jays set to host the defending champion Dodgers to start the 2025 World Series.
Despite the Jays proving the doubters wrong and earning the American League’s No. 1 seed, while the Dodgers never truly kicked into second gear during the regular season en route to the NL’s No. 3 seed, Los Angeles is heavily favored to win a second straight title. The Dodgers marched through their side of the bracket with a 9–1 record, including a sweep over the Brewers in the NLCS, while the Blue Jays had to win two elimination games against the Mariners in the ALCS to return to the Fall Classic for the first time since 1993.
