Los Angeles Dodgers Are Now on the Brink of a Dynasty

From the brink of elimination to the verge of a potential dynasty, the Los Angeles Dodgers are now on the doorstep of history following a 3-1 victory in Game 6 of the World Series.

There is no hard and fast definition for what constitutes a dynasty, but considering it's been 25 years since the 2000 New York Yankees were the last team to win back-to-back titles, repeating is a good start.

The Dodgers are in the postseason for the 13th consecutive season, but thus far they have just two rings to show for that run of success, and one came during the abbreviated 2020 campaign. Now shift that narrative to three titles in six years, with this one capped off by a Game 7 win, and suddenly we're comfortably in dynasty territory.

However, there is still work to be done to make that a reality. After a dominant 9-1 start to the postseason, the Dodgers have been exposed by the Blue Jays in this Fall Classic.

An inconsistent offense has been unable to step up in support of the starting rotation, and a thin bullpen has forced those starters to go deep into games time and time again.

Despite all of that, the Dodgers are still one win away.

It's easy to forget this playoff run started with the Dodgers playing in the Wild Card Round, as their 93 wins made them the lowest-seeded division winner and marked their lowest win total over a full season since 2018.

This was not the 100-win juggernaut Dodgers teams we've seen in recent years, but it was a team that seemed to be peaking at the right time when the starting rotation rattled off eight quality starts through 10 games while steamrolling their way through the Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers.

Then the offense went cold.

After jumping out to a 2-1 series lead, the Dodgers offense managed just two runs on six hits in a 6-2 loss in Game 4, then followed that up with one run on four hits in Game 5.

Suddenly, all the momentum had shifted to the Blue Jays dugout, just in time for the series to move back to Toronto where they went 54-27 during the regular season.

Ready for a wild stat?

The Dodgers entered Friday's game with a .201 batting average in the World Series, and when that number dipped below the Mendoza Line midway through Game 6, the Fox broadcast was quick to point out that the 1962 Yankees were the last team to win a title while hitting below .200 in the World Series.

With a lineup that features three former MVP winners in Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman, not to mention sluggers Will Smith, Teoscar Hernández and Max Muncy, the Dodgers finished second in the majors in runs scored (825) and home runs (244) during the regular season.

Yet the lack of offensive firepower had become the story entering Game 6.

After riding with more or less the same lineup all postseason, manager Dave Roberts finally shook things up, moving Smith into the No. 2 spot and Betts down to cleanup.

In the decisive three-run third inning, Smith delivered the team's first hit with a runner in scoring position since Game 3 with an RBI double, then Betts plated two more runs with a two-out single.

That was all the support Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER) needed, as he turned in another dominant performance on the heels of back-to-back complete games, picking up the slack once again for an offense that was largely quiet outside of the aforementioned third inning.

It was the perfect microcosm of this Dodgers team's World Series experience.

Even when all the pieces are not clicking together, more times than not someone is there to step up thanks to the sheer quantity of talent on the roster, with just enough string pulling from manager Dave Roberts.

The lineup shuffling, inserting veteran Miguel Rojas at second base, trusting Justin Wrobleski with the seventh inning in a two-run game. Subtle moves that ended up paying off.

Now the 2025 Dodgers are one game away from another title, and it doesn't feel like their window is closing anytime soon.

With a glaring hole in the outfield (Kyle Tucker, anyone?) and a bullpen that will almost certainly be rebuilt from the ground up, it's not hard to envision the 2026 Dodgers being an even more complete team than this year's group.

Even as Clayton Kershaw gets set to ride off into retirement, it doesn't feel like the end of an era, but more the continuation of sustained greatness from one superstar to the next and on to the next wave of talent set to don Dodgers blue for the first time in 2026.

Battling through an up-and-down, hard-fought series will make it that much sweeter if they can pull out one more victory and finally earn the dynasty label that has seemingly been dangling above their heads for years.