Ex-Red Sox star Mookie Betts has a chance to win his fourth World Series ring when he and the Dodgers play the Blue Jays in the Fall Classic.
Game 1 is at Rogers Centre on Friday.
The Dodgers swept the Brewers in the NLCS. Meanwhile, Toronto won 4-3 over Seattle in Game 7 of the ALCS on Monday.
Betts, who turned 33 on Oct. 7, won a World Series with Boston in 2018. He has won two titles (’20, ‘24) with the Dodgers.
Betts would become the only active player with four World Series rings and only the 19th player to achieve this feat since 1969, MLB.com noted.
How Betts did this season
Betts had a down year in 2025. His .732 OPS was 149 points below his career mark (.881). But he still finished with a 3.4 fWAR in part because he played excellent defense at shortstop.
Betts has won six Gold Gloves in the outfield: four with Boston and two with Los Angeles.
He now has a chance to win one at shortstop. He’s one of three Gold Glove finalists at shortstop this season along with Cardinals’ Masyn Winn and Braves’ Nick Allen. He was in the 92nd percentile in outs above average (6) and finished with 17 defensive runs saved in 1,278 innings at shortstop.
He’s 12-for-41 (.293) with a .370 on-base percentage, .439 slugging percentage, .809 OPS, four doubles, one triple, six RBIs, two runs, four walks and four strikeouts in 10 games this postseason.
Betts’ remaining contract
It might be difficult to believe but Betts has already been with the Dodgers for six seasons — and he has another seven years remaining on his contract. He won’t hit free agency until he’s 40 years old.
He’s signed through the end of the 2032 season after inking a 12-year, $365 million contract extension with the Dodgers in July 2020.
Betts is making $30.416 million in 2025, and he’ll make the same salary again in both 2026 and ‘27.
His annual salary will increase to $35.416 million in 2028, ‘29 and ‘30. He then will make $32.916 million in both ’31 and ‘32.
Other ex-Red Sox playing in the World Series:
Kiké Hernández, Dodgers: The 34-year-old is known for stepping up his play in the postseason. He has an .864 OPS in 96 career playoff games. He’s 11-for-36 (.306) with a .375 on-base percentage, four doubles and four RBIs in 10 games this October.
He posted just a .203/.255/.366/.621 line in 92 games (256 plate appearances) during the regular season.
Michael Kopech, Dodgers: The 29-year-old righty hasn’t pitched in the postseason after dealing with a right shoulder impingement and right knee inflammation that limited him to 11 innings during the regular season. Kopech was part of the package to the White Sox that helped the Red Sox land Chris Sale.
Tyler Heineman, Blue Jays: The 34-year-old backup catcher has been on the Blue Jays’ roster all postseason, but he’s appeared in just one game and hasn’t recorded an at-bat.
He batted .289 with a .361 on-base percentage, .416 slugging percentage, .777 OPS, three homers, eight doubles, one triple and 20 RBIs in 64 games (174 plate appearances) for Toronto during the regular season.
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