Toronto Blue Jays vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, World Series, Odds, Preview, Picks and Prediction, Monday, October 27, 2025
The World Series shifts west, even at a game apiece and to get you ready for Monday’s Game 3, we‘re breaking down both sides and dropping our Blue Jays vs. Dodgers predictions. Toronto (8-5 in postseason) was unable to duplicate their Game 1 offense on Saturday night as Los Angeles (10-2 in postseason) took a 5-1 victory to head home with the series squared up. The first pitch from Dodger Stadium is scheduled for 8:00 EST and if you need more hot takes, check out our Free MLB Picks and cash in.
Blue Jays need road luck
It seems that the Blue Jays used up a lot of their good offensive mojo in their 11-run, 14-hit barrage in Friday’s series opener. In Game 2, they could only muster four hits and pushed just one run across.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was able to collect one of those hits on Saturday, extending his postseason hitting streak to seven games. The first baseman is hitting .431 in the playoffs with six home runs, 12 RBIs and 12 runs. Toronto’s offense as a whole is hitting .294 through 13 playoff games with 83 runs scored. They have 51 extra-base hits with 23 home runs, and they’ve walked 38 times while striking out 76 times. George Springer also had a hit, a double, in Saturday’s loss, and he scored the team’s lone run. The outfielder has hit safely in 10 of 13 playoff games and has scored in nine of them.
On the pitching side, the Blue Jays staff has a 4.28 ERA through 13 games, with a 1.30 WHIP and .225 opponents’ batting average. They’ve struck out 128 batters over 115 innings, walked 53 and allowed 21 home runs, including two on Saturday. Starting pitching for the club has gone 5-3 with a 3.48 ERA these playoffs, while the bullpen has three wins, two saves and a 5.43 ERA in 53 innings of work. In seven appearances, Jeff Hoffman has a 1.13 ERA, both of the team’s save,s and 13 strikeouts in eight innings. Louis Varland, who allowed two runs in 0.2 innings on Saturday, has a 4.63 ERA in 11 relief appearances for Toronto.
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Starter spotlight
- Max Scherzer has just one start in this playoff run, winning Game 4 of the ALCS after allowing two runs, three hits and four walks over 5.2 innings.
- Lifetime, the 41-year-old is 9-9 with a save and a 3.75 ERA in 31 postseason appearances.
- He is 7-4 with a 2.57 ERA in 16 career starts at Dodger Stadium.
- Faced the Dodgers in an early August start, earning the loss after allowing two runs, six hits and three walks over six innings.
Dodgers three wins from repeat
The Dodgers were hoping to return home with at least one win in their pocket and they were able to do just that as Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivered his second dominant complete game effort of the postseason.
The Los Angeles offense was able to squeeze five runs out of just six hits in Saturday’s victory. Will Smith put the team up with a seventh-inning home run, his first of the playoffs, and he drove in three runs in the win. The Dodgers’ catcher hit safely in six straight games and has a .314 batting average in the playoffs. The team is hitting .244 with 55 runs and 16 homers. L.A. hitters have struck out 113 times and drawn 44 walks. Shohei Ohtani had a single and scored a run on Saturday. After hitting .138 in his first seven games of the postseason, the Dodgers’ superstar is hitting .350 with four homers, six RBIs and six runs in the last five games.
Dodgers’ starting pitching has been sensational in the playoffs, going 8-2 with a 1.84 ERA and 0.80 WHIP. They’ve held opponents to a .152 batting average while logging 78.1 innings. In comparison, the bullpen has put in 30.2 innings and has a 6.16 ERA, two wins and two saves. The staff as a whole has 116 strikeouts and has allowed 46 walks and seven home runs. Roki Sasaki has put in a solid game’s worth of relief efforts, posting a 1.13 ERA over eight innings in the playoffs. In seven games out of the pen, the right-hander held teams to a .115 batting average.
Starter spotlight
- Tyler Glasnow has two starts and a relief appearance this postseason, earning a hold while posting a 0.68 ERA, with 18 Ks in 13.1 innings.
- The right-hander is 2-6 with a hold and 4.58 ERA in 13 career playoff appearances.
- Against the Blue Jays, Glasnow is 1-4 with a 5.82 ERA in 11 career starts.
- Struck out eight Blue Jays’ hitters in a no-decision start in August, where he lasted 5.2 innings and allowed two runs, four hits and four walks.
Blue Jays vs. Dodgers predictions
Money Line Pick for Blue Jays vs. Dodgers
- Los Angeles -1.5 (+105) (5 units)
Following their Game 1 loss, the Dodgers seem to have made a grand statement in Game 2, that they are not about to let their title go. They rode another outstanding starting pitching performance and with the team now returning home, that’s going to carry over. Glasnow has a 2.77 ERA, and opponents are hitting just .172 against him in 11 starts at Dodger Stadium this season. The last time that Scherzer was dominating in the playoffs was when he was playing for Los Angeles during their 2021 playoff run. He had some control issues in his last start and that’s an area where the Dodgers always make you pay. All but three Dodgers' wins this postseason have been by at least two runs, and their ten playoff victories come with a win margin of 2.6 runs per game.
Take the Dodgers with the run line for some added value.
Over/Under Pick for Blue Jays vs. Dodgers
- Under 8 (5 units)
The teams combined for six runs in Saturday’s Game 2 as things are starting to tighten up on the offensive end. We can credit Game 1’s 15 runs to the fact that both sides enjoyed plenty of down time, allowing hitters to rest while icing some arms in the process. The two teams had a combined 10 hits on Saturday, and things are just going to be harder to come by for the offenses as things play out. Every pitch is more important than the last and the players are feeling that in the box. Glasnow allowed one earned run in 12.1 innings and in his lone starter, Scherzer gave up just two earned runs in 5.2 innings. The under is 5-4-1 in the last ten games between the teams.
Take the under.
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