Yankees must sign $140M MVP, World Series Champion, 2-time All-star to remain true contenders originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

What does it take to overcome the odds and repeat as champions? Buster Olney asked the last group of guys to do it.

The Dodgers, who beat the Yankees in the 2024 World Series and on Saturday became the first club to win back-to-back titles since the 1998-2000 Yankees, “have become the class of baseball,” Rodriguez said. Whether the Yankees do enough this offseason to catch up to them remains to be seen.

The back-to-back World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers have the shortest odds to win next year's Fall Classic at +370 ($100 bet win $370), per DraftKings Sportsbook, followed by the New York Yankees at +750.

The Yankees have the second-best odds to win the 2026 World Series, but offseason uncertainty clouds their chances of dethroning the Dodgers.

Mattingly played for the Yankees for 14 years from 1982 until his retirement in 1995, a famously conspicuous tenure in which the Yankees did not make the World Series (they appeared in 1981 and 1996, the year before and the year after Mattingly).

The Los Angeles Dodgers won their ninth World Series title in 2025. Check out the other winningest teams in MLB history.

Aaron Judge further cemented himself as the best player on the planet after locking in his third MVP, but, depending on who you talk to, the captain for the New

Reds add World Series champion catcher from Dodgers originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. On paper, the Cincinnati Reds didn't necessarily need another catcher. But they've got one after claiming a World Series champion off waivers on Wednesday.

The Dodgers are now tied for the third-most World Series championships in MLB history after defeating the Blue Jays in the 2025 Fall Classic. Here's a look at all nine titles.

Shohei Ohtani has certainly enjoyed his two seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers following his stint with the Los Angeles Angels. After missing the postseason in each of his six seasons with the Angels, Ohtani signed a 10-year, $700 million deal with the Dodgers in 2024, and has since helped lead them to back-to-back World Series titles.