TORONTO -- Shohei Ohtani was on a flight to Toronto this week. Unlike a frenzied December day nearly two years ago, the baseball world wasn't scrambling to figure out why he was heading there.

In December 2023, speculation ran wild that Ohtani was about to sign with the Blue Jays, with reports circulating that he was flying to Toronto to put pen to paper. But he was not in fact heading north of the border, and he ultimately chose to sign with the Dodgers on a then-record 10-year, $700 million contract.

Flash forward, and his Dodgers are four wins away from becoming the first Major League team in a quarter century to win back-to-back World Series championships. The team that stands in their way is the one Ohtani spurned in free agency.

It still stings a tad for the Blue Jays, who felt

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