The American League East, key to the Dodgers’ recent success in the World Series.

In four of their last five trips to the World Series, the current two-time MLB champions have faced teams from the so-called “most difficult division” in baseball, winning three times.

Los Angeles Dodgers They have just completed the first two-time championship in MLB since the New York Yankees of the 1999-2000 seasons, which, without a doubt, places them as the team to beat today. This is the third champion title they have achieved in six seasons and the ninth in their entire history, consolidating themselves as one of the most successful franchises in the history of the game.

From 2017 to date, the Dodgers they have played five World Seriesfour of them against teams belonging to the division American League Eastconsidered by many as “the most difficult division” of baseball. The balance against those rivals? Three championships and only one defeat, which occurred in 2018.

Whether by coincidence or simple fate, the recent success of the Dodgers It has been built on victories against teams from the East of the American. Their only defeat was against the Boston Red Sox in 2018; since then, they surpassed Tampa Bay Rays in 2020, at Yankees in 2024 and the TOronto Blue Jays in 2025.

Many might wonder where the Baltimore Orioles in this story. The reality is that, in the Divisional Era, Orioles and Dodgers they have not faced each other in a World Series. However, they both saw each other in the “Fall Classic” from 1966, when Baltimore swept Los Angeles. In total, including that series, the Dodgers They have a 3-2 record in World Series against teams from the current division American League East.

In fact, the Dodgers They are one of the three teams that have faced the five members of the same division in World Seriesat any time. The other two are the San Francisco Giants (against the teams in the current American Central division) and the Philadelphia Phillies (also facing the East), according to data from AM850 Research. As additional information, the Dodgers They are also one of the eight teams that have defeated at least three members of the same division in World Series.

The reality is that the Dodgers have built their recent success on the so-called “hardest division” of baseball and at least for now, they seem to have most of the solutions to any problem it has presented.