{"id":258954,"date":"2025-11-03T14:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T14:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/258954\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T14:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T14:31:07","slug":"after-dodgers-beat-blue-jays-to-repeat-as-champions-whats-next-for-mlb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/258954\/","title":{"rendered":"After Dodgers beat Blue Jays to repeat as champions, what’s next for MLB?"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK \u2014 The\u00a0$500 million Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>‘\u00a0thrilling World Series win over the Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> attracted\u00a0record international attention\u00a0for Major League Baseball, affirmed L.A.’s status as the sport’s best team and drew more attention to baseball’s payroll disparity heading into what is likely to be contentious labour negotiations.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles’ 5-4, 11-inning win\u00a0over Toronto in Game 7 on Saturday night capped a post-season with seven winner-take-all games, two more than any previous year.<\/p>\n

Shohei Ohtani is building a case as\u00a0the sport’s best player ever\u00a0with his unprecedented two-way performances, captivating audiences outside the U.S. unlike any previous player.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just absolutely been the greatest benefit to the game that you can imagine throughout the year,\u201d baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said.<\/p>\n

Toronto’s success this year sparked interest throughout Canada, which gave the Blue Jays nationwide support.<\/p>\n

Aaron Judge,\u00a0Bobby Witt Jr.,\u00a0Paul Skenes\u00a0and\u00a0Cal Raleigh\u00a0already have committed to play for the United States in next year’s World Baseball Classic, which is gaining increased interest with each addition.<\/p>\n

And\u00a0MLB is negotiating to send big-league players to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics\u00a0during an extended all-star break.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlayers are interested in playing, whether it\u2019s for the Team USA or any number of other teams around the world,\u201d union head Tony Clark said.<\/p>\n

Dodgers already talking about three-peat<\/p>\n

Minutes after the Dodgers became the first repeat champion since the 1998-2000 New York Yankees, Dodgers star Freddie Freeman said matching that pinstriped power was the next goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Yankees are three-time back-to-back,\u201d he said, \u201cso we get to use that same narrative next year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those Yankees are among just four instances of teams winning three or more consecutive championships alongside five by the 1949-53 Yankees, four by the 1936-39 Yankees and three by the 1972-74 Oakland Athletics.<\/p>\n

Big market spending sparks talk of salary-cap proposal<\/p>\n

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts attracted attention after the National League Championship Series sweep of Milwaukee when he yelled to Los Angeles fans: \u201cThey said the Dodgers are ruining baseball. Let\u2019s get four more wins and really ruin baseball!\u201d<\/p>\n

Los Angeles entered the World Series having spent $509.5 million in major league payroll and projected luxury tax, plus another $6.5 million for pitcher Roki Sasaki’s minor-league signing bonus.<\/p>\n

Including Sasaki’s bonus, the Dodgers spending for its two World Series title teams totalled at least $890 million. The New York Mets, who failed to reach the playoffs this year after getting knocked out in last year’s NLCS, have spent about $860 million in 2024 and ’25.<\/p>\n

In a sign of how much payroll disparity has increased, the Athletics spent less than $150 million over the same period.<\/p>\n

Manfred repeatedly has said owners haven’t settled on their labour proposals, but the players’ association is bracing to resist a push for a salary cap. Demand for a cap from owners is what led to a 7 1\/2-month strike in 1994-95 and the first cancellation of the World Series in 90 years.<\/p>\n

The labour contract expires on Dec. 2, 2026, and bargaining is likely to start this winter or spring.<\/p>\n

More Japanese players likely headed to MLB<\/p>\n

Following the success of Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki, more Japanese players may sign with MLB teams.<\/p>\n

Munetaka Murakami, a third baseman and first baseman who turns 26 in February, is expected to be posted by the Yakult Swallows. He hit .273 with 22 homers and 47 RBIs this year, limited to 56 games by an oblique injury. A two-time Central League MVP, in 2022 he hit 56 homers to break Sadaharu Oh’s record for a Japanese-born player while becoming the youngest player to earn Japan’s Triple Crown.<\/p>\n

Kazuma Okamoto, a 29-year-old third baseman and first baseman. will be posted by the Yomiuri Giants. He has 248 homers in 11 Central League seasons, hitting 30 or more from 2018-23.<\/p>\n

Tatsuya Imai, a 27-year-old right-hander, could be posted by the Seibu Lions. He struck out 17 against Yokohama on June 17, breaking Daisuke Matsuzaka’s prior team record of 16 from 2004.<\/p>\n

Game 7 of the World Series was MLB’s last with human umpires making all ball\/strike calls.<\/p>\n

Starting next season, the\u00a0Automated Ball\/Strike System will be installed in all big league ballparks\u00a0and batters, catchers and pitchers will be able to appeal decisions to a high-tech system of cameras tracking each pitch and judging whether it crossed home plate within the strike zone.<\/p>\n

Each team has the ability to challenge two calls per game and a team retains its challenge if successful, similar to the regulations for video review, which has been in place for many calls since 2014. Teams that exhaust their challenges get one additional challenge in each extra inning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK \u2014 The\u00a0$500 million Los Angeles Dodgers‘\u00a0thrilling World Series win over the Toronto Blue Jays attracted\u00a0record international…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-258954","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}