Oct 30, 2025
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Of the 31 teams that faced a three-game deficit in the World Series, only one came back to win.
Los Angeles is too much for the Dodgers Dodgers Dodgers Dodgers Dodgers Dodgers Dodgers Dodgers.Toronto Blue Jays are destroying pitchers.And the pitchers themselves are dying.
Their shortcomings are everywhere — offensively, defensively, on the mound.If they fail to win back-to-back World Series for the first time since the New York Yankees from 1998 to 2000, it's fair to ask when their chance will come again.
The Dodgers' roster of players is aging.They enter the legacy of all four of them starting from the pipe they are healthy, and there are many teams and sports are often put down by injuries.Andrew Friedman and Co. can buy more players - they always do.But they will still be stuck with some of the players they have.
The World Series isn't over yet, but after a 6-1 loss to the Blue Jays on Wednesday night, the Dodgers trail the series three games to two and head back to Toronto.According to STATS PERFORM, of the 31 teams that previously faced this deficit in the Series, only eight came back and won it.But this list includes two teams from the previous decade: the 2016 Chicago Cubs and the 2019 Washington Nationals.
Can control the same performance?The salary would cost nearly $ 400 million, wouldn't it?
Last season, the Dodgers faced the elimination of five consecutive series against the San Diego Padres and started back from a two-game deficit by winning the Bullpen.As the radiologist, Hiquique Hernandez said there was more talent than this.But that does not mean it is good.
Think: If it wasn't for Yoshiobu Yamomoto's right-hander plays in Game 2 and Shohni Ohtani's point guard in Game 3, the Warriors wouldn't have won this series.
Yamamoto, the first pitcher to throw a complete game in the postseason since curt Schilly in 2001, gives, 7 games, will always be, will always be.But like the dodger after Doodger said almost Wednesday night, the team should hit.
Jays Rookie Right Fielder Trey YesaVage delivered his best performance in Game 5 with a split-finger fastball and slider, becoming the first rookie to strike out 12 in a World Series game.such an interesting time.
Maybe some of the Dodgers' bad luck is due to luck.It's their dribbling on the ball in play over the last three quarters.But the Dodgers are hitting at a higher rate (25 percent) than the Blue Jays (16) on those streaks and losing at home.
"It seems like the bats are snowing on us right now," Kiki Hernandez said."We're getting pitches to hit, we're missing them and we're expanding the two-strike zone."
Manager Dave Roberts changed his lineup for Game 5, replacing Andy Paige (4-for-50) with Alex Cole in the outfield and, more significantly, moving catcher Will Smith to No. 2 and moving shortstop Mookie Betts to third.It was the first time Betts finished lower than second since September 2021.But the changes didn't make much of a difference, partly because Yesavage was so good.Bets, after going 0-for-4, he is hitting .164 with a .476 OPS since the wild card round.
"I was terrible," he said seriously.
Roberts said he's not sure what he'll do with his Game 6 lineup against Jays righty Kevin Gausman, but we're moving on Here's the scary part: Among the Dodgers' hitters signed after this season are first baseman Freddie Freeman, who is 36, third baseman Max Muncy, who is 35, shortstop Hernekarez, who is 34, and Hernekarez.Betts is 33 during the regular season.But even he Not as he was in his best years.
The Dodgers have looked good in their last two games, but lost both times as they allowed a combined three runs.Left fielder Blake Snell gave up two home runs in his first three pitches of Game 5, but his pitching line turned ugly -- 6 2/3 innings, five earned runs -- after reliever Edgardo Henriquez allowed two inherited runners to score.Roberts said Snell pitched "game."
GODGERS 'Bullgers in Gallant to Game 3, when was the camp, 3 hotels to finish the marathon 18 of marathon.But the left left left and handle of kirby yats, two changes to 8 million changes for the income.Third Days for free, now, is the Snaanany Bilnen's Snaann in 22 million dollars, it's not like the beginning of the last time.
Another important thing for the 2024 champion, right-hander evilips, was Tommy John Swimber.The other, left winger Alex Vesia, was unavailable for this series due to a family emergency.And the only player DODGRING got at the deadline, right-hander Swock Stewart, only four times before going on the injured list with the shoulder of the body.
The Dodgers' postseason ERA is 2.54.Bullpen Era is 4.56.The team is 11-4 overall and you wouldn't know watching this series.The difference between these teams isn't just insults.The Dodgers also have a solid defense.
Consider the two plays to right field in Game 5. Starting the Jays' fourth, Daulton Varsho hit a 75.6 mph floater down the line that hit Teoscar Hernandez for a triple, leading to Toronto's third run. And in front of the Dodgers' sixth, Ohtani hit a 117.3 mph rocket that caught Addison Barger, who was poised for a diving backhand.
The Dodgers also threw three wild pitches — two by Snell, one by Henriquez — in the Jays' seventh.At the time, Dodger Stadium was a funeral.Clayton Kershaw probably never intended to pitch, but his last home game before retiring could have been, should have been, so much more.
Before the season, there was talk of the Dodgers winning a record 120 games.They won by just 93 runs, one less than the Blue Jays, and lost home field advantage in the series.Now they have to deal with the aftermath — needing to win two games in Toronto, Jays fans eagerly and loudly await the team's first World Series title since 1993.
"We trust each other. We believe we're the best team in baseball," Smith said of his team."We were against the wall a lot this year, we dealt with injuries, we dealt with expectations and stuff like that. This is a tough team. I have no problem going in there and winning two games and we'll be ready for it."
Remember what Roberts said after the Nationals?"Let's get one more victory and destroy basketball."The Dodgers need two straight to avoid not only elimination, but their own obsession.Not what they had in mind.
