In one sense, the 2025 World Series is not a battle of equals.

The Dodgers have been this far often enough in the last decade that their organizational strategy seems to be to use the regular season to prepare for October. They have veterans, players who have starred on the big stage, guys who have won rings but want more.

The Toronto Blue Jays’ players are relative newbies, playing for a franchise that was once perched atop the baseball world – but here’s some perspective as to how long that’s been: When they last got to a World Series and won it, in 1993, they weren’t indisputably Canada’s team because the Montréal Expos still existed.

Put it another way: Active players on the Dodgers’ 40-man roster have participated in 121 career World Series games. Members of the Blue Jays’ roster

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