Two players will get World Series rings no matter which teams wins

Everyone who plays a role gets a ring. It’s one of the more beautiful quirks about Major League Baseball when it comes to winning the World Series. No matter how big or small a player’s role was throughout the season — whether they start all 162 games or have a single plate appearance — they can call themselves champions at the end of the year. 

There are two players at home watching the World Series, knowing that regardless of who wins, they will receive a championship ring. Each spent time with both the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays before finishing the season playing elsewhere. 

Jose Ureña and Buddy Kennedy likely don’t have a rooting interest leaning heavily one way or the other. 

Jose Ureña earns a ring with 15.1 IP

Ureña’s tenure with each club was brief. In fact, his tenure with all five teams the right-hander pitched for this season, tying an MLB record, was short. Collectively, he threw a total of 55.0 IP over 19 appearances on the season. He started the year with the New York Mets and finished it with the Los Angeles Angels. 

In between, Ureña made six appearances, including a pair of starts, for the Blue Jays, totaling 12.1 IP (5 ER, 5 K, 3 BB). Following his release by Toronto, he signed with the Dodgers and would work 3.0 IP over three relief appearances (1 ER, 2 K, 1 BB) before hitting the free agent market again. 

23 PA is enough for Buddy Kennedy

Kennedy spent most of the season in the minor leagues, with his total time in the bigs covering 32 PA over 13 games. Philadelphia released the New Jersey native (Kennedy attended the same high school as Mike Trout) in early July, and he would sign with the Blue Jays. The infielder appeared in a pair of games, going 1-for-5 with a walk and a double. 

He would play in seven more games with Los Angeles after the Dodgers claimed him off waivers. Kennedy was 1-for-17 with LA before being released. He’d return to the Blue Jays organization and finish the season at Triple-A Buffalo.