Miguel Rojas is bracing for boos when the Los Angeles Dodgers open a three-game series in Toronto on Monday, the first time the teams have faced each other since Game 7 of the 2025 World Series.
Rojas, who tied Game 7 with a home run in the ninth inning before Will Smith won it for the Dodgers with a homer in the 11th, said he expects the atmosphere to be unlike anything he has felt before. “It’s not like playing in front of our fans, it’s playing in front of the whole city that was hopeful to win a World Series,” Rojas said. “I’m expecting, for the first time in my life, to get booed when I play there.”
The Dodgers and Blue Jays are set to continue the series Tuesday and Wednesday, turning a visit that would normally count as just another road trip into a reunion with the season’s biggest ending. The World Series frame gives the matchup a sharper edge than a standard early-week series, especially for players whose names are still tied to the final game in October.
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Justin Wrobleski said he expects the crowd to make its feelings known and sounded as if he welcomes the reaction. “It’s gonna be great,” Wrobleski said. “They’re gonna boo me and it’s gonna be really awesome.” He added that he understands it from the other side too: “If you pull for a team and I were a Toronto fan, I probably wouldn’t like me either, so I completely understand.”
Wrobleski also described the atmosphere as part of what gives the sport its edge. “I think it’s what makes sports great, the passion the fans have for the teams,” he said.
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Blue Jays players have tried to push back on the idea that the series should be treated as a straight rematch. Ernie Clement called it “just another series that we really have to win, honestly,” while George Springer said, “That’s all it is. Last year is last year and it doesn’t have any merit on this year.” Manager John Schneider was even more direct, saying he had joked with his players that “it’s not a three-game rematch of the World Series, it’s just three games you’ve got to cover and try to win.”
That is the tension running through this series in Toronto. The schedule is ordinary. The memories are not. For the Dodgers, Monday is a return to the city where the title was decided. For the Blue Jays, it is a chance to make sure the season is not reduced to what happened in Game 7.
