Dodgers vs. Blue Jays: Assembling the Final 2025 World Sequence Beginning Lineup

[ad_1] Shohei Ohtani. George Springer. Freddie Freeman. Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

There shall be no scarcity of stars within the 2025 World Sequence between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays. However what would a mixture of one of the best gamers from every workforce appear like? Who would make the lower and who would simply miss out?

This is FOX Sports activities' final World Sequence lineup:

Supervisor: Dave Roberts Dave Roberts' 944 managerial wins rank fourth in Dodgers historical past. (Picture by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Photographs)

Report as Dodgers Supervisor (2016-Current): 944-575

Since Roberts entered the Dodgers' dugout as supervisor for the 2016 season, the franchise has been a powerhouse. Profitable the Nationwide League West in 9 of 10 seasons, posting 5 100-plus-win seasons, claiming 5 NL pennants and profitable two World Sequence (2020 and 2024), Roberts has a dynasty on his palms in Los Angeles. He gained 2016 NL Supervisor of the 12 months honors.

Will Smith has been an All-Star in every of the previous three seasons. (Picture by Rob Leiter/MLB Photographs through Getty Photographs)

2025 Stats (Common Season): 17 dwelling runs, 61 RBIs, 4.5 WAR and .296/.404/.497 slash line (362 at-bats)

Alejandro Kirk is without doubt one of the greatest all-around catchers that MLB has to supply, however Smith's bat offers him the sting. The homegrown Dodger has been one of many premier hitting catchers within the sport because the outset of his MLB profession (2019), possessing an affect, energy swing from the suitable aspect and producing with nice effectivity. Smith, who has believable plate self-discipline, has posted an OPS+ north of 110 in every of his seven seasons within the sport, an OPS north of .800 in 5 seasons and an OPS north of .900 in three seasons.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. led the American League in dwelling runs, runs scored, on-base proportion, slugging proportion and OPS+ in 2021. (Picture by Mark Blinch/Getty Photographs)

2025 Stats (Common Season): 23 dwelling runs, 84 RBIs, 4.5 WAR and .292/.381/.467 slash line (589 at-bats)

Freddie Freeman is a future Corridor of Famer, however Guerrero's latest tear offers him the beginning nod at first base. Guerrero is without doubt one of the greatest hitters within the sport and is at present hitting out of his thoughts. In what has been a 2025 postseason for the ages, Guerrero has totaled six dwelling runs and 12 RBIs, whereas boasting a .442/.510/.930 slash line by way of simply 11 video games. The Toronto star is a formidable power with elite energy from the suitable aspect who seldom strikes out. The 2-time Silver Slugger has grown right into a dependable nook infielder after initially beginning his profession on the sizzling nook. Proper now, Guerrero is without doubt one of the faces of the game.

Ernie Clemente posted double-digit DRS at each second base and third base in 2025. (Picture by Mark Blinch/Getty Photographs)

2025 Stats (Common Season): 9 dwelling runs, 50 RBIs, 4.3 WAR and .277/.313/.398 slash line (545 at-bats)

For the sake of getting one of the best beginning lineup on the sphere, Clement will play second, which is considered one of three infield positions he has performed extensively this season (third base and shortstop are the opposite two). The versatile infielder logged a career-high 151 hits within the common season, persistently serving as a contact hitter who places the ball in play. This postseason, Clement has been a necessary a part of Toronto's offense, proudly owning a .429/.444/.619 slash line and having pushed in seven runs.

Mookie Betts solely began at shortstop in 2025, not making a begin within the outfield for the primary time in his 12-year MLB profession. (Picture by Katelyn Mulcahy/MLB Photographs through Getty Photographs)

2025 Stats (Common Season): 20 dwelling runs, 82 RBIs, 4.8 WAR and .258/.326/.406 slash line (589 at-bats)

Betts posted a career-worst .732 OPS within the common season, however posting 4.8 wins above alternative and 17 DRS at your beginning place ain't too shabby. Defensively, the six-time Gold Glover and seven-time Silver Slugger has efficiently transitioned to being among the best shortstops within the league after principally taking part in proper subject. And, with the bat, Betts stays an electrical menace from the suitable aspect who glides across the basepaths and has potent energy. Simply final postseason, he drove in 16 runs.

Max Muncy is a two-time All-Star. (Picture by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photographs through Getty Photographs)

2025 Stats (Common Season): 19 dwelling runs, 67 RBIs, 3.6 WAR and .243/.376/.470 slash line (313 at-bats)

For higher or worse, when Muncy steps within the batter's field, the imaginative and prescient of him demolishing a baseball 440 ft to proper subject imminently involves thoughts. Muncy, who ranked within the 92nd percentile in hard-hit proportion this season (51.5%), is among the many extra horrifying, left-handed hitters within the sport and a stabilizing presence at third base whose manufacturing has been hindered over the previous two seasons as a consequence of knee and indirect points.

George Springer spent the primary seven seasons of his MLB profession with the Houston Astros. (Picture by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Photographs)

2025 Stats (Common Season): 32 dwelling runs, 84 RBIs, 18 stolen bases, 4.8 WAR and .309/.399/.560 slash line (498 at-bats)

Springer is without doubt one of the greatest outfielders of his era. The four-time All-Star has primarily been Toronto's designated hitter this season however been a rock within the outfield in earlier years. He swings an electrical bat, places the ball in play with frequency, hits for each contact and energy and frequently comes by way of in pivotal moments. Springer despatched your complete nation of Canada right into a state of ecstasy on Monday night time in Recreation 7 of the American League Championship Sequence, smacking a go-ahead, three-run dwelling run within the seventh inning, which might show to be sufficient for the Blue Jays to win.

Teoscar Hernandez was the 2024 World Sequence MVP. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Occasions through Getty Photographs)

2025 Stats (Common Season): 25 dwelling runs, 89 RBIs, 1.5 WAR and .247/.284/.454 slash line (511 at-bats)

Maybe an missed a part of the Dodgers' lineup given their extra of star energy, Hernandez is yet one more big-time slugger on the lineup card. Hernandez brings the ability. A 3-time Silver Slugger, Hernandez is unhealthy information from the suitable aspect of the batter's field, having blasted 4 dwelling runs this postseason and being a 12 months faraway from profitable the 2024 World Sequence MVP in a collection that noticed the outfielder put up successful in all 5 contests. In the meantime, Hernandez has began at each nook outfield positions for the Dodgers over the previous two years and infrequently performed heart subject earlier in his profession, too.

Daulton Varsho was a Gold Glover in 2024. (Picture by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Photographs)

2025 Stats (Common Season): 20 dwelling runs, 55 RBIs, 2.8 WAR and .238/.284/.548 slash line (248 at-bats)

Andy Pages (27 dwelling runs, 86 RBIs and a .461 slugging proportion) had a breakout season for the Dodgers, however Varsho will get the nod because the third beginning outfielder primarily based on pedigree. Varsho, who's in his third season with the Blue Jays and missed extended time within the 2025 common season as a consequence of shoulder and hamstring injures, is a vacuum in heart subject, a 12 months faraway from profitable a Gold Glove and posted 10 DRS in heart subject in 63 begins/68 appearances this season. In the meantime, Varsho, who posted 5 wins above alternative throughout 136 video games in 2024, has respectable energy from the left aspect and performed at an All-Star-caliber stage over the previous 4 years.

Shohei Ohtani turned the primary participant in MLB historical past to have a 50-50 season (50 dwelling runs and 50 stolen bases) in 2024. (Picture by Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-Information through Getty Photographs)

2025 Stats (Common Season): 55 dwelling runs, 102 RBIs, 20 stolen bases, 6.6 WAR and .282/.392/.622 slash line (611 at-bats)

When Ohtani is not pitching like an ace, he is hitting like an all-time nice. The 2-way famous person and three-time MVP has overwhelming energy, blasting 50-plus dwelling runs and main the NL in runs scored in every of the previous two seasons whereas wreaking havoc on the basepaths. In Recreation 4 of the Dodgers' series-clinching victory over the Milwaukee Brewers within the NL Championship Sequence, Ohtani complemented pitching six shutout innings and logging 10 strikeouts by annihilating three pitches over the outfield wall for a three-homer sport. He is one of the best all-around participant within the sport and its most harmful left-handed hitter.

The 2025 season is Yoshinobu Yamamoto's second in MLB. (Picture by Patrick McDermott/Getty Photographs)

2025 Stats (Common Season): 2.49 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, 201 strikeouts, 5.0 WAR and 167 ERA+ throughout 173.2 innings pitched (30 begins)

The Dodgers gave any individual who by no means threw a pitch in MLB a $325 million contract – and he has been price each penny. Yamamoto, who made his MLB debut in 2024, rapidly emerged as among the best beginning pitchers within the sport and is a bonafide ace. The correct-hander posts strikeouts at a excessive price, pitches deep into video games and makes hitters look foolish with each his split-fingered fastball and curveball. In Recreation 2 of the NLCS, Yamamoto went the gap, changing into the primary Dodger to pitch an entire sport within the postseason in 21 years. Los Angeles has its pitching anchor for the subsequent decade.

Alex Vesia owns a mixed 2.67 ERA over his 5 seasons with the Dodgers. (Picture by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Photographs)

2025 Stats (Common Season): 3.02 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, 80 strikeouts, 1.1 WAR and 138 ERA+ throughout 59.2 innings pitched (68 appearances)

Vesia is a pillar for the Dodgers' bullpen. Since arriving in L.A. for the 2021 season, Vesia has been among the best left-handed relievers within the sport. Primarily leaning on his four-seamer and slider, Vesia has logged strikeouts at a excessive price and saved runners off the basepaths at a comforting price. Final 12 months, he posted a 1.76 ERA within the common season and surrendered zero runs over 5.2 innings pitched within the 2024 postseason.

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