Dodgers fans can't help but poke holes in baseball community's support of Blue Jays

The World Series matchup is set, and the Los Angeles Dodgers are hearing the same old song from the haters. As rival fans try to cry foul, Dave Roberts has set them straight. It doesn't matter; everyone outside of Los Angeles has suddenly become a Toronto Blue Jays fan.

The refrain is simple: the Dodgers are bad for baseball, and an LA repeat would be the nail in the sport's coffin. Let's forget the fact that we just had a season for the ages, where a mass quantity of teams couldn't determine if they were buyers or sellers at the deadline, and multiple clubs thought to be juggernauts collapsed down the stretch.

On the road to this point, the Dodgers vanquished two small-market clubs, who may or may not have been able to invest more. Now, their Canadian opponent is being billed as the savior for the little guys. There's just one problem — it's all a lie.

The baseball world trying to spin the Blue Jays as the antithesis of the Dodgers is hilariously off base

Here's the deal: the Blue Jays aren't some small-market also-ran. They aren't the redheaded stepchild of MLB. This is a club that has been playing in the deep end of the pool.

That's right. The Jays were deeply involved in the Shohei Ohtani and Juan Soto sweepstakes. They've made strong plays for other top-end free agents like Corbin Burnes. And, of course, they extended Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to the tune of $500 million.

The Dodgers got to where they are by reinvesting the revenue they generate back into the on-field product. Toronto does the exact same thing. LA took 73% of the 2024 revenue and put it back into its payroll and tax obligations, and the Jays were right there on the Dodgers' heels at 71%.

Not only is it a fallacy and a tired, debunked argument in the general sense, but by banging this drum, fans are devaluing what the Blue Jays have built. In many ways, they've overcome the disadvantage of being the league's only Canadian team and instead invested heavily in building a compelling and competitive product.

That has coalesced into a strong team that is a worthy opponent for the Dodgers in what should be a thrilling World Series showdown. Instead of getting credit, they're made out to be a weakling who deserves some sort of handicap to compete on the same stage as a giant like Los Angeles.

However, in reality, they've borrowed more than a few pages out of the Dodgers' playbook and have been incredibly successful as a result. Rather than being pitied, they should be celebrated, and so should the Dodgers. After all, the Blue Jays having success copying their formula is not only proof that it works, but also proof that spending big is good for the game.