LOS ANGELES — So much for the Los Angeles Dodgers ruining baseball. The Toronto Blue Jays are ruining the Dodgers. And the Dodgers are ruining themselves.
Their deficiencies are showing up everywhere — offensively, defensively, on the mound. And if they fail to become the first back-to-back World Series champions since the 1998 to 2000 New York Yankees, it will be fair to ask when their chances will be this good again.
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The Dodgers’ position player group is aging. They entered the postseason with all four of their top starting pitchers healthy, a rarity for a team and sport frequently overrun by pitching injuries. Andrew Friedman and Co. can go buy more players — they always do. But they also will be stuck with some of the players they have.
The World Series is not over, but after their 6-1 loss to the Blue Jays on Wednesday night, the Dodgers trail three games to two with the Series heading back to Toronto. Of the 31 teams that previously faced that deficit in the Series, only eight came back to win, according to STATS Perform.
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