The 2025 Season in One Game

Anyone who thinks there is no element of luck in baseball is probably already institutionalized, or ready to be. Whoever wins today is not necessarily the best team, but they are the 2025 World Series Champions. The 2025 Season all comes down to just one game. Win and you are the Champions of the World. Lose and you are an afterthought. I like the Dodgers’ chances. Ohtani will start and empty the tank… three or four innings is what I expect. What happens next depends on where he is in the lineup when he leaves the mount. We could see anyone, except Yamamoto: Glasnow, Snell, Kershaw, Wrobs, Sheehan, et al. The lineup should stay the same. I’m done talking about it. Play ball!

THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL

Next Year

I am convinced that most Dodger fans are looking at this team rebuilding in the wrong way. The Dodgers have too many outfield prospects who may be ready in the next two years to make a dope-fiend move. I think the biggest and best move would be to move Will Smith to another position. I once said 3B, but now I believe it is LF. Will has evolved into an elite hitter, and Dalton Rushing will be an elite power hitter. Get them both in the lineup! Don’t trade Rushing. I think he is a future All-Star. His power will be a welcome addition, and he is a good catcher. Of course, so is Will, but catching wears him down. I want to see how his bat plays up without catching.

Will Smith is a tremendous hitter, and I believe Dalton Rushing will be as well. If Will Smith can avoid the nicks and bruises of catching, I think he might lead the league in batting average. Mike Sirota is the future Dodger Centerfielder, but that will likely have to wait until 2027. The Dodgers need to get younger, and with Rushing at C and Smith in LF, they will. Teoscar plays RF one more year (unless you can get an excellent trade for him now. Call can be his caddy.

Kike could be the odd man out in 2026, as Rojas and Edman will be the superutility players. Here’s what I would do next year:

1. Ohtani DH
2. Smith LF
3. Freeman 1B
4. Muncy 3B
5. Betts SS
6. Rushing C
7. Teoscar RF
8. Pages CF
9. Kim 2B

Bench: Rojas, Rortvedt, Call, Edman

Pages is above-average in CF. Sirota IS a centerfielder. When Sirota arrives in 2027, Pages moves to RF, and Teoscar moves to LF. 2026 could be Muncy’s last year, and then Will Smith to 3B? Why not?

X-CITES

Justin Dean talks about knowing the rule with the lodged ball and refusing to pick it up to keep a run from scoring. He might have saved the Dodgers’ season with that play. pic.twitter.com/MQCcFTdH4i

— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) November 1, 2025

"Not gonna lie, I didn't think I was gonna get in there."

Tyler Glasnow talks with the media after the #Dodgers take Game 6 of the #WorldSeries, beating the Blue Jays 3-1, forcing a Game 7. pic.twitter.com/xQmSythBG0

— SportsNet LA (@SportsNetLA) November 1, 2025

“Somehow I was able to hear that the bat broke, even with that crowd. The crazy thing is I had no idea where the ball was cause it was in the lights the whole time.”

Kiké Hernandez spoke with @Ken_Rosenthal about the crazy ending to Game 6, Glasnow closing out the game, and more pic.twitter.com/tvVPrKypyS

— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) November 1, 2025

Talk about veteran leadership. Watch Kike Hernandez throw his hands up signaling for Justin Dean to do the same. Two pitches later he calls game with a double play. Horrible day at the plate but made up for it in the field.
pic.twitter.com/e3GB0UNt28

— Baseball Scouting (@BSBSCOUT) November 1, 2025

https://twitter.com/DodgersNation/status/1984474359273259374

"I told him, he's going to get a big hit for us tonight."@Dodgers manager Dave Roberts shares his reaction to the ending of Game 6, Mookie Betts' clutch single and more. pic.twitter.com/jFgL99AndZ

— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) November 1, 2025

Glasnow summary of this: "Dude I didn't even have enough time to think about it. I just thought, 'Please don't be a hit. Sweet, it's not a hit. Nice, a double play.' That was my thinking, I guess." https://t.co/OfLraC78gn

— Bill Plunkett (@billplunkettocr) November 1, 2025

Miguel Rojas says there's more to Dave Roberts just face planting in his attempt to beat Hyeseong Kim in a race. pic.twitter.com/HuM4b3JrEF

— Dodger Blue (@DodgerBlue1958) October 31, 2025

Tyler Glasnow came into a second and third no outs jam with the winning run at the plate.

He needed 3 pitches to record 3 outs and send the Dodgers to a Game 7.

What a performance from the Santa Clarita native (with some help from Kiké Hernandez).pic.twitter.com/tk2vdLgEJS

— Noah Camras (@noahcamras) November 1, 2025

Since saves became official in 1969, Tyler Glasnow is the only MLB pitcher to enter any game (reg or post) with:

runners on 2nd & 3rd
nobody out
tying run on base
no force play in effect (i.e., nobody on 1st)

…and yet complete the save by facing just 2 batters. pic.twitter.com/svBjlKLyS4

— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) November 1, 2025