The Los Angeles Dodgers winning back-to-back World Series titles in 2024 and 2025 should have been the ultimate validation of Andrew Friedman’s galaxy-brain roster building. Two different paths, same champagne.
But buried inside a recent piece from Katie Woo and Fabian Ardaya in The Athletic (subscription required) is a quiet suggestion that should make Dodger fans squirm: that second title? It didn't come from overwhelming teams. It came while the offense was running out of gas –– and maybe running out of time.
Woo and Ardaya laid it out in plain numbers. The 2024 Dodgers bludgeoned teams with 95 postseason runs, one of the highest totals in MLB history.