"When the 2025 World Series starts Friday night in Toronto, Shohei Ohtani will step to the plate for the first at-bat of the Fall Classic wearing the Los Angeles Dodgers uniform we've all become accustomed to seeing him in over the past two MLB seasons. But there is another world, one not as far-fetched as you might think, where Ohtani could instead be toeing the rubber for Game 1 --"
"How close were Ohtani and Sasaki to picking the Blue Jays over the Dodgers as their much-hyped free agent decisions played out? How did the two tense decision days -- one that turned the entire internet into international flight trackers -- go down? How good would the Blue Jays have been the past two seasons with Ohtani on their roster? And what would the Dodgers have done to counter if they had lost out on baseball's two-way superstar?"
When the 2025 World Series opens in Toronto, Shohei Ohtani will bat for the Los Angeles Dodgers after two seasons in their uniform. Roki Sasaki emerged as the Dodgers' flamethrowing closer, stabilizing a shaky bullpen in the postseason. Both players came close to signing with the Toronto Blue Jays during tense free-agent decision days that attracted international attention and flight-tracking speculation. The near-misses raise questions about how much better the Blue Jays would have been over the past two seasons with Ohtani's two-way contributions and how the Dodgers would have responded had they lost Ohtani. Detailed timelines examine each decision and hypothetical roster impacts.
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