{"id":324128,"date":"2025-10-22T15:16:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T15:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/324128\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T15:16:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T15:16:24","slug":"5-players-who-will-decide-dodgers-vs-blue-jays-world-series-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/324128\/","title":{"rendered":"5 players who will decide Dodgers vs. Blue Jays World Series \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the World Series<\/a> getting underway Friday, it’s time to break it all down.<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> rolled through the National League, winning nine of 10 postseason games to advance to the Fall Classic for the second straight year<\/a>. Money is no object for the Dodgers, who have combined their checkbooks with their development system to create a star-studded roster.<\/p>\n

On the other side, the Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> are back in the World Series for the first time since 1993 after a thrilling Game 7 win in the ALCS<\/a>. While they don’t spend as much as their opponent, the Jays have put together a loaded lineup and solid starting pitching staff.<\/p>\n

Here are the five players who will decide the winner of the 2025 World Series<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers DH\/SP<\/p>\n

Yeah, we have to start here. The soon-to-be four-time MVP is fresh off his best ever MLB game<\/a> to clinch the NLCS, with three home runs at the plate and six shutout innings with 10 strikeouts on the mound. Ohtani’s two-way prowess wasn’t on display in his Fall Classic debut last October. This time, expect baseball’s biggest star to contribute in both areas.<\/p>\n

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Bo Bichette, Blue Jays SS<\/p>\n

Now here’s a wild card. Bichette hasn’t played a postseason game this year, but he’s set to return from a knee injury for this one. The Blue Jays’ starting shortstop, who could DH if he’s not at full strength, led the team<\/a> with 181 hits and 94 RBIs in the regular season. Toronto’s offense hasn’t slowed down without him, so a healthy Bichette would make it even more dangerous.<\/p>\n

Mookie Betts, Dodgers SS<\/p>\n

With 84 games of playoff experience and three World Series rings (two with the Dodgers, one with the Boston Red Sox<\/a>), Betts is a familiar face on this stage. He’s hitting .293 this postseason<\/a> — but he’s yet to homer and hasn’t quite had that signature moment (not that the Dodgers have needed it). The only thing missing from the 33-year-old veteran’s trophy case is a World Series MVP award, and he’ll be determined to go get it.<\/p>\n

Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Blue Jays 1B<\/p>\n

You didn’t think we’d leave Guerrero off this list, did you? The Blue Jays’ biggest star has carried his team to the World Series after signing a 14-year contract extension<\/a> in April. Guerrero, who had no home runs and three hits in six career playoff games before this year<\/a>, has belted six homers and 19 hits in 11 games this October. He’s come through in every big situation — it would be a surprise if he didn’t swing the series against L.A.<\/p>\n

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Roki Sasaki, Dodgers RP<\/p>\n

For most of Sasaki’s rookie season, he appeared overmatched. The 23-year-old Japanese righty had a 4.46 ERA in 10 regular season games<\/a>. But everything flipped once the calendar turned to October and he was moved to the bullpen. Sasaki has a 1.13 ERA with three saves in seven appearances this postseason. He’ll be trusted to get the biggest outs of this series, especially if the Dodgers’ starters come back down to earth.<\/p>\n

Other X-factors<\/p>\n

Ernie Clement, Blue Jays INF:<\/strong> Batting .429 this postseason and riding a six-game hitting streak entering the World Series<\/a>, Clement has steadied the middle of the Jays’ batting order this month.<\/p>\n

Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez, Dodgers UTL:<\/strong> The 34-year-old utility man seems to show up every October, and this year has been no different<\/a> — .306 average, four doubles and four RBIs in 10 games.<\/p>\n

Trey Yesavage, Blue Jays SP:<\/strong> Yesavage, 22, has made as many regular season starts as postseason starts (3) in his career, but he’s been stellar<\/a> — 2-1 record, 22 strikeouts in 15 innings and an ACLS Game 6 gem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the World Series getting underway Friday, it’s time to break it all down. The Los Angeles Dodgers…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":324129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,224,5337,1266,25454],"class_list":{"0":"post-324128","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-world-series"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115418482880376714","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}