As electric as the defending-champion Los Angeles Dodgers have looked this postseason, they’re still the road team against the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2025 World Series – and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has respect for their upcoming opponent.
“They’re really athletic. [George] Springer, who’s a big-game participant, he is on a heater proper now, had an ideal final couple months. Vladimir [Guerrero Jr.] scraps the heck out of me. They’re only a gritty powerful. They’re similar to our membership,” Roberts mentioned in regards to the Blue Jays on Thursday’s version of “The Herd.”
“They usually’re powerful. I feel [General manager] Ross Atkins and [president] Mark Shapiro have performed an ideal job with this membership. [Trey] Yesavage, we do not know him, so there’s some unfamiliarity there, however it should be an ideal collection.”
Toronto defeated the New York Yankees in 4 video games within the American League Division Sequence after which defeated the Seattle Mariners in seven video games within the AL Championship Sequence.
The Blue Jays have been tearing the quilt off the ball this postseason, having hit 20 residence runs over 11 video games and main MLB in all three slash line classes (.296/.355/.523). Guerrero has totaled six residence runs and 12 RBIs, whereas sporting a .442/.510/.930 slash line; infielder Ernie Clement is hitting .429; the beforehand talked about Springer hit a go-ahead, three-run residence run within the seventh inning of Recreation 7 of the ALCS, placing the Blue Jays up for good; star shortstop and two-time All-Star Bo Bichette may probably return for the World Sequence.
Within the common season, Toronto was first in MLB in hits (1,461) and on-base proportion (.333), fourth in runs (798) and tied for seventh in slugging proportion (.427). This unit will go up towards a Los Angeles beginning rotation, which is headlined by Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Shohei Ohtani, that owns a mixed 1.40 ERA via 10 postseason video games.
In the meantime, Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman has shined in his 4 playoff appearances and three begins, recording a 2.00 ERA and 1.06 WHIP in 18 innings pitched; Yesavage, who’s beginning Recreation 1 for Toronto, has had his moments, notably posting 11 strikeouts and throwing 5.1 no-hit innings in Recreation 2 of the ALDS.
That mentioned, Toronto’s bullpen owns a collective 5.52 ERA this postseason. Granted, the Dodgers’ bullpen sports activities a collective 4.88 ERA this month. As for Los Angeles, it swept the Cincinnati Reds within the Wild Card Sequence, beat the Philadelphia Phillies in 4 video games within the NLDS and swept the Milwaukee Brewers within the NLCS.
Recreation 1 of the 2025 World Sequence is Friday night time at 8 p.m. ET and could be considered on FOX and the FOX Sports app.
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