Regardless of which teams wins the World Series, many former Blue Jays will earn rings

The highly-anticipated World Series got underway on Friday night between the Dodgers and the Yankees, and the Dodgers are already out to a commanding two-game lead over the Yanks.

This is the first Fall Classic to feature both top seeds since the COVID-shortened 2020 season when these very same Dodgers defeated the Rays and the 2024 one is also the first World Series to feature five former MVPs. Regardless of which team wins, many former Blue Jays will earn a ring even if they didn't make the final rosters.

The most notable of this group is impending free agent Teoscar Hernández, a firm fan favorite during his time in Toronto. He signed a one-year $23.5 million last offseason and he's been nothing short of stellar with Los Angeles batting .272 with 33 home runs and .840 OPS in 154 games in the regular season although he's only batted .200 in postseason he still has four home runs to his name most notably a grand slam off Michael King in game three of the NLDS.

In Jim Bowden's article for The Athletic, he predicts Hernández will get a contract of three years $75million, (25m AVG), however a reunion with the Blue Jays seems unlikely. Other former Jays who made the Dodgers roster are relievers Daniel Hudson, signed as a free agent in 2019, and Anthony Banda, who was traded to the Blue Jays for cash in 2022.

On the flip side, there are two former players who won't feature in the fall classic starting with Kevin Kiermaier whose career has sadly come to an end. He was with the Blue Jays for a year and a half until he was shipped off to Los Angeles in exchange for Ryan Yarbrough. He played in 34 games during the regular season sadly though Kiermaier's featured in four games in postseason all during the NLCS.

Cavan Biggio was designated for assignment back in June to make room for Spencer Horwitz batting .200 in 44 games. Afterwards, the Dodgers acquired him, but Biggio he continued to struggle in LA batting .192 with 28 strikeouts in 30 games as a result he was DFA'd once again to make room for Freddie Freeman.

For the Bronx Bombers Tim Mayza and Marcus Stroman are both set to feature in the Fall Classic. This season, Mayza failed to replicate his numbers from 2023 he posted an 8.03 ERA in 35 games for the Blue Jays he was subsequently designated for in June. New York initially signed him to a minor-league contract before calling him up to the majors in August putting up an ERA of four. Marcus Stroman meanwhile experienced an inconsistent year with the Yankees, (4.31 ERA in 30 starts), between the rotation and the bullpen. Stroman has yet to feature this postseason for the Yankees and he will be tested against the toughest lineup on the biggest stage. Finally, Jon Berti drafted by the Jays in 2011 was left off the Yankees' roster with a right hip flexor strain yet managed to feature in 25 games.