2025 World Series Showdown: Can the Underdog Blue Jays Upset the Dodgers’ Dynasty?

So here we are—2025 World Series is set, and the defending champs, the Los Angeles Dodgers, are chalked up as heavy favorites to repeat. But hold on a second: the Toronto Blue Jays snagged more regular-season wins, which means they get home-field advantage and will kick off Game 1 on Friday. Funny how that small detail flips the narrative a bit, huh? Los Angeles has barely stumbled this postseason—just one loss to the Phillies—and got a cinematic performance from Shohei Ohtani, who slammed three homers and pitched six scoreless innings in one of baseball’s all-time great NLCS showdowns. On the flip side, Toronto, riding high as the AL’s top team, skipped the wild-card hassle, took down the Yankees, then edged Seattle in a nail-biting Game 7. It’s their first World Series tilt since the glory days of ’92-’93, led by Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who’s been on fire with six homers and a .385 batting average this postseason. So, the question I toss out to you—is this a Dodgers dynasty in the making, or are the Blue Jays the fresh challengers ready to rewrite history? Dive deeper if you want the full scoop. LEARN MORE.

The defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers are heavy favorites (-215) at DraftKings to repeat when they face the Toronto Blue Jays (+185) in the 2025 World Series. Since the Blue Jays won more games in the regular season, they have home-field advantage and host Game 1 of the World Series Friday.

Los Angeles has lost only one game this postseason to the Philadelphia Phillies in the divisional series while sweeping the Cincinnati Reds in the wild-card round and the Milwaukee Brewers to win the NL pennant.

Dodgers icon Shohei Ohtani won the 2025 NLCS MVP and played one of the greatest games in MLB history. Shohei hit three home runs and pitched six scoreless innings in LAD’s NLCS-clinching win over Milwaukee.

As the AL’s regular-season wins leader, Toronto didn’t have to play in the wild-card round. The Blue Jays eliminated their divisional rival, the New York Yankees, in the 2025 ALDS before beating the Seattle Mariners in Game 7 of the ALCS.

This is Toronto’s first World Series appearance since it went back-to-back in 1992-93. Blue Jays All-Star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has six home runs in this postseason and won the 2025 ALCS MVP, batting .385 vs. Seattle.

Courtesy of DraftKings as of 10 a.m. ET Tuesday, October 21.

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