Blue Jays TV Analyst Delivers Blunt Viewpoint on Dodgers Vic...

Blue Jays TV Analyst Delivers Blunt Viewpoint on Dodgers Victory

The Los Angeles Dodgers won their second straight World Series in dramatic fashion Saturday night, taking Game 7 by a 5-4 score in 11 innings at Rogers Centre. The game was an instant classic, and the Dodgers became the first team to win back-to-back championships since the New York Yankees in 1999 and 2000. But did the better team win? Former major league catcher Caleb Joseph, who wrapped up his seven-year career in 2020 with the Blue Jays after five years in Baltimore playing for the Orioles then a season with the Arizona Diamondbacks, does not think so. And in his postgame commentary for the Canadian TV network Sportsnet, he made his feeling clear, in no uncertain terms. TORONTO, ONTARIO – NOVEMBER 02: Freddie Freeman #5 of the Los Angeles Dodgers (R) and teammates celebrate after defeating the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in game seven of the 2025 World Series at Rogers Center on November 02, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images) ”There were a lot of wet eyes and I don’t doubt ’em, and, and I don’t blame ’em for that. And it’s gonna sound like sour grapes and I don’t really give a (expletive),” Joseph said live on the air. “ But I think the better team did not win this series. I think the Blue Jays are the better team, and I feel like they played baseball a certain way that was infectious, that grabbed the attention of the fans.” Who the “better team” may have been is subjective. But what is objectively true is that in the relatively low-scoring seven-game series, the Dodgers were outscored 34-26. They were also outhit, with the Blue Jays recording a team batting average of .264, to just .203 for Los Angeles. In fact, the Dodgers recorded the lowest batting average of any World Series winning team since 1966, when the Baltimore Orioles faced the Dodgers and batted an even .200 in sweeping four games. Of course, the Dodgers that year hold the record for Fall Classic futility, posting an all-time low average of .142. More MLB: Dodgers Survive as Bizarre ‘Dead Ball’ Decision Changes World Series The 1966 Dodgers tallied a mere 17 hits in losing all four games, or 4.25 per game. But this year’s Dodgers take their place in the pantheon of worst performances at the plate by a Series winner, ranking seventh-worst all-time, and fourth-worst since 1920, the start of the live ball era. In that time, other than the 1966 Orioles, the only worse performances came from the 1962 New York Yankees, who defeated the San Francisco Giants in seven games despite a .199 average, and the 1948 Cleveland Indians (now Guardians) who also batted .199 in beating the Boston (now Atlanta) Braves in six games. The Blue Jays also compiled a team OPS of .745 to .658 for the Dodgers. “ It’s disheartening to see that the better team did not win,” Joseph concluded. “And that’s not to take anything away from the Dodgers, but the Blue Jays, they did so many things correct. They did so many things right.” The Blue Jays even pitched somewhat better, with a team ERA of 3.21 to the Dodgers’ 3.95. One other thing is certain. How the Blue Jays somehow lost this World Series where, at least statistically, they performed better than the Dodgers, will be studied and argued over by baseball historians and experts for years to come. More MLB: Dodgers Mookie Betts Makes Blunt Confession After Game 5 Defeat

But did the better team win?

Former major league catcher Caleb Joseph, who wrapped up his seven-year career in 2020 with the Blue Jays after five years in Baltimore playing for the Orioles then a season with the Arizona Diamondbacks, does not think so. And in his postgame commentary for the Canadian TV network Sportsnet, he made his feeling clear, in no uncertain terms.

TORONTO, ONTARIO – NOVEMBER 02: Freddie Freeman #5 of the Los Angeles Dodgers (R) and teammates celebrate after defeating the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in game seven of the 2025 World Series at Rogers Center on November 02, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)

”There were a lot of wet eyes and I don’t doubt ’em, and, and I don’t blame ’em for that. And it’s gonna sound like sour grapes and I don’t really give a (expletive),” Joseph said live on the air. “ But I think the better team did not win this series. I think the Blue Jays are the better team, and I feel like they played baseball a certain way that was infectious, that grabbed the attention of the fans.”

Who the “better team” may have been is subjective. But what is objectively true is that in the relatively low-scoring seven-game series, the Dodgers were outscored 34-26. They were also outhit, with the Blue Jays recording a team batting average of .264, to just .203 for Los Angeles.

In fact, the Dodgers recorded the lowest batting average of any World Series winning team since 1966, when the Baltimore Orioles faced the Dodgers and batted an even .200 in sweeping four games. Of course, the Dodgers that year hold the record for Fall Classic futility, posting an all-time low average of .142.

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The 1966 Dodgers tallied a mere 17 hits in losing all four games, or 4.25 per game.

But this year’s Dodgers take their place in the pantheon of worst performances at the plate by a Series winner, ranking seventh-worst all-time, and fourth-worst since 1920, the start of the live ball era. In that time, other than the 1966 Orioles, the only worse performances came from the 1962 New York Yankees, who defeated the San Francisco Giants in seven games despite a .199 average, and the 1948 Cleveland Indians (now Guardians) who also batted .199 in beating the Boston (now Atlanta) Braves in six games.

The Blue Jays also compiled a team OPS of .745 to .658 for the Dodgers.

“ It’s disheartening to see that the better team did not win,” Joseph concluded. “And that’s not to take anything away from the Dodgers, but the Blue Jays, they did so many things correct. They did so many things right.”

The Blue Jays even pitched somewhat better, with a team ERA of 3.21 to the Dodgers’ 3.95.

One other thing is certain. How the Blue Jays somehow lost this World Series where, at least statistically, they performed better than the Dodgers, will be studied and argued over by baseball historians and experts for years to come.

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