Before the season even began, some people were ready to hand the 2025 World Series championship crown to the Los Angeles Dodgers. This is simply because the team spends money and gets the best players on their side. The narrative went- why compete with them, when it is they who will win. And call it manifestation or now, because LA is back right where they were last season-back on baseball’s biggest stage.

After a commanding NLCS sweep of the Brewers, LA punched its ticket to a second straight World Series appearance with a shot at becoming MLB’s first repeat champion since the ’90s Yankees. This is a team that’s built for October, and now they are like a lion in waiting—waiting for their prey. And right now, it could be Toronto or Seattle, who are fighting in the ALCS.

On paper, the Jay

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