Author: Mike Kovacs
The 2025 Toronto Blue Jays were supposed to fade quietly into the AL East background. Preseason projections had them ticketed for last place, a club stuck between timelines and flirting with the idea of trading Vladimir Guerrero Jr. before he hit free agency. Instead, they authored one of the season’s most dramatic turnarounds, storming to an AL pennant and pushing the Dodgers to a decisive Game 7 in the World Series. Written off in March, honored in December That run didn’t just change the narrative in Toronto; it earned the club a major post‑season honor. Canadian outlets recognized the Blue…
The Los Angeles Dodgers entered 2025 as baseball’s juggernaut, projected for 103-plus wins and widely expected to cruise to another pennant. Instead, they finished 10.5 games below that lofty bar, didn’t even snag a first‑round bye, and spent long stretches of the summer looking strangely mortal. Yet when the calendar flipped to October, the familiar script returned: the sport’s deepest roster caught fire, navigated a loaded National League, and finished by outlasting the upstart Toronto Blue Jays in a tense seven‑game World Series. The Champs who “Underachieved”: Undeserving? On paper, that combination—disappointing regular season, ultimate trophy—sounds contradictory, but it perfectly…