Blue Jays find out yet again Dodgers can not be beaten

The Los Angeles Dodgers have not been beaten much on the field over the past decade. They have been beaten even less in the offseason when they can put their bottomless pit of money to good use. 

Nobody should understand both realities more than the Toronto Blue Jays, who again lost out to the Dodgers on Thursday night.

That was when outfielder Kyle Tucker, the best remaining free agent on the market and one of the top players available this offseason, reportedly agreed to a four-year contract with the Dodgers, choosing the back-to-back World Series champions over both the Blue Jays and New York Mets. 

Blue Jays can not beat the Dodgers during the season or offseason

There are 29 franchises and fan bases across Major League Baseball that have to loathe the Dodgers at this point. They constantly win, they outspend everybody and they have taken over the title of "Evil Empire" from the old George Steinbrenner era New York Yankees. 

But there can not be a team or fan base that has to loathe them more than the Blue Jays. 

Two years ago when Toronto thought it had a chance to land Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers swooped in and signed him to a $700 million contract. The Blue Jays came in second place in that free agency sweepstakes. 

This past season the Blue Jays seemingly had the Dodgers down and out in the World Series, taking a 3-2 series lead with two games at home. They entered the ninth inning of Game 7 up by one run, only to lose in devastating fashion. 

Now they lost to them again off the field in the Tucker sweepstakes.  

It is a huge win for Los Angeles and another big loss for Toronto when it comes to competing with the Dodgers.

Toronto could still turn to re-signing Bo Bichette, but Tucker was supposed to be their prime addition. But there is just no competing with the Dodgers during the season or the offseason. Nobody knows that better than the Blue Jays.