Power Rankings across the board have the Blue Jays sitting behind the Dodgers

After falling to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2025 World Series, the Toronto Blue Jays have sure done all they can to narrow the talent gap between the two teams this offseason. In fact, the Blue Jays have made improvements in all aspects of the game. The starting pitching has been upgraded with the additions of Dylan Cease and Cody Ponce, as well as the bullpen with acquisitions of Tyler Rogers and Chase Lee. The offense has gotten a boost with the recruitment of Japanese star Kazuma Okamoto. 

But despite all of their efforts in making the team one of the tops in the league heading into 2026, Toronto still finds themselves trailing Los Angeles in the Power Rankings across the board. In the latest release of the MLB.com power rankings for the new year, the Dodgers and Blue Jays sit No. 1 and No. 2 respectively. As for the updated mid-winter power rankings by ESPN, once again the Jays find themselves in the second spot just behind the reigning World Series champions. 

Power Rankings across the board see Blue Jays sitting behind the Dodgers

MLB.com indicated that even if the Dodgers stand pat for the rest of the winter, they are still favourites to win a third consecutive World Series title. Whereas for ESPN, they believe that Los Angeles still has one big move left up their sleeves, one that could net them a huge power bat. But the Blue Jays have already made multiple big moves this offseason while spending large amounts of money to get them done. So what gives? What else does Toronto have to do to put Los Angeles behind them in the rear view mirror?

Well for one thing, even with just the one big offseason splash with the signing of elite closer Edwin Diaz, Los Angeles is still being considered the best team in all of baseball. With that, it just shows how well the Dodgers team has been built up in recent years. After all, their lineup is made up of three potential future Hall of Famers in Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman, along with a starting rotation that practically has four aces in Ohtani, Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Tyler Glasnow.

Not to mention the Dodgers field an elite bullpen core of Diaz, Tanner Scott, Alex Vesia and Blake Treinen. So when you have the likes of Teoscar Hernández, Will Smith, Roki Sasaki and Emmet Sheehan as your supporting cast, you just know that the roster is stacked.

However, the Blue Jays core isn’t too shabby either, with Vladimir Guerrero Jr., George Springer, Kevin Gausman, Shane Bieber, Jeff Hoffman, along with their new additions this offseason leading the way. Nevertheless, in the eyes of the experts, they somehow still lag just a little behind the juggernaut Dodgers. So perhaps to finally put Toronto over the top, they need to pull off one more significant move this winter. Would adding Kyle Tucker or Bo Bichette do the trick? Or could even a Cody Bellinger suffice? 

But no matter what ends up materializing, it is more than comforting to know that the Blue Jays are finally neck-to-neck with one of the best teams in all of baseball, putting the club into legitimate contending status for years to come.