""Sure. Two best teams left standing. Again, built differently, have different strengths," Schneider said. "There's a reason we are here and there's a reason they're there. I think the one thing we cannot do is look over there and say that is Goliath. That is a beatable baseball team that has its flaws, and that has its really, really good strengths. How we expose each of them will determine who wins the series. And I got all the confidence in the world in my guys.""
""Or David. I mean, hey, they're from the East, and that's the AL East," Roberts said. "Yeah, you know what? We got really good players, they got really good players. So the great thing about baseball is anything can happen. It's going to be a great series. These guys are on a high right now, so we're expecting a battle. So we certainly don't see it that way.""
Toronto beat Los Angeles 11-4 in World Series Game 1 and exposed significant flaws in the Dodgers' play. John Schneider rejected a David-versus-Goliath framing, saying both teams are the best left standing, built differently, and that the Dodgers are a beatable team with strengths and flaws. Dave Roberts also downplayed the Goliath label, noting both teams have really good players and predicting a tight series. History favors the team that endured a seven-game LCS when the other round was a sweep in prior matchups. Blake Snell failed to replicate his dominant October form. The Dodgers struck back in Game 2 with Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitching.
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