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Southpaw Blake Snell will take the mound for game one at Rogers Centre
A year ago Saturday the Los Angeles Dodgers were taking the field at Dodger Stadium, looking for their first Fall Classic victory since 1988.
364 days later, and the Dodgers will be out on the Rogers Centre field with the same goal in mind on Friday.
The only difference? The team across the diamond.
After being down 2-0 in the ALCS – and two away contests slated for games three and four – the Toronto Blue Jays pulled off the unthinkable, winning four of the last five games against the Seattle Mariners, scoring 33 runs across the five-game stretch.
In game one of the 2025 Fall Classic, the Blue Jays will take on the Dodgers in their first World Series appearance since 1993 at Dodger Stadium. Game two will commence Saturday and then both teams will travel to Los Angeles for games three, four and five on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively. If needed, games six and seven will take place back in Toronto.
Dodgers ace Blake Snell will take the mound Friday evening. The southpaw is 3-0 in the 2025 postseason and boasts a 0.86 ERA across 21 innings pitched.
Snell has punched out 28 batters while conceding just six hits and two earned runs across the three postseason affairs. Snell has also yet to give up a home run.
Across the field, right-hander Trey Yesavage pitched 15 innings in the 2025 postseason so far, amassing a 2-1 record and 4.20 ERA.
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While he may boast a higher than average earned run average for a game one World Series starter, he has struck out 22 batters and conceded just seven runs, including five against Seattle.
Coming into the contest, the Blue Jays’ hottest bats come from first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and third baseman Ernie Clement.
The duo both boast a .400-plus batting average across 11 postseason games with a .442 and .429 batting average, respectively. The tandem has combined for 37 hits and 19 runs batted in.
Guerrero has been the Blue Jays’ most impactful power hitter, notching six home runs across 43 at-bats. Joining Guerrero in the power-hitting lineup is right fielder George Springer, who hit the Blue Jays’ go-ahead three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning in game seven of the pennant series.
From the Los Angeles dugout, right fielder Teoscar Hernandez, shortstop Mookie Betts and designated hitter Shohei Ohtani. Hernandez has knocked in four home runs and has a .268 batting average through 41 plate appearances.
Ohtani – who struggled through the majority of the 2025 postseason – hit three home runs in game four of the NLCS, improving his batting average to .220.
Enrique Hernandez has been the Dodgers’ most consistent contact hitter, boasting a .306 batting average with 11 hits and four doubles but zero home runs.
The biggest strength of the Dodgers roster, though, is their pitching staff. Apart from Snell, Yoshinubo Yamamoto is the team’s other ace and will start game two.
He boasts a 1.83 postseason ERA with 18 strikeouts. Joining the starting rotation is Ohtani, who has a 2.25 ERA and 19 strikeouts, and Tyler Glasnow.
First pitch will commence at 5 p.m.
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Connor Dullinger
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