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Los Angeles Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto will attempt to help his club stave off elimination when he takes the mound for their Game 6 World Series bout against the Toronto Blue Jays, and he also seems to have much larger aspirations in mind. Yamamoto stated that he would like to surpass what future Hall of […]

The Toronto Blue Jays will enter Friday night’s Game 6 with a chance to win their first World Series title in 32 years, but they will have to defeat Los Angeles Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto if they want to avoid a Game 7. Blue Jays manager John Schneider made a case that Toronto must be […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are locked in an even fight with the Toronto Blue Jays. The visitors showed their resilience in stunning the Dodgers 6-2 Tuesday to tie the series 2-2. Now one ex-player revealed a harsh reality the Dodgers face in the World Series. Talkin’ Baseball podcast co-host Trevor Plouffe helped compare where one […]

In Game 3 of the World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers came a Freddie Freeman walkoff home run away from trotting out Game 2 starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto to pitch the 19th inning against the Toronto Blue Jays. Now, to anyone who didn’t watch the six hour tour de force, that sounds like a downright ridiculous […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers survived an absolutely brutal Game 3 of the World Series on Monday. Los Angeles defeated the Toronto Blue Jays in 18 innings, 6-5. The Dodgers used 10 pitchers in the game. One pitcher who didn’t get used was Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who pitched a jewel in Game 2. Yamamoto was ready to […]

The 2025 World Series is underway, with both the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers winning a game to kick it off. As the series shifts back to Los Angeles, the MLB Power Rankings are back to recap it all. Will the Dodgers win their second consecutive title? Or can the Blue Jays pull […]

The Toronto Blue Jays seemed overmatched in their 5-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 of the World Series. Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto turned in a complete game masterpiece that tied the series up at a game apiece, and Toronto All-Star George Springer gave a blunt take on the team’s failure to […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 on Saturday night and tied the 2025 World Series at a game apiece following starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s second straight complete game gem. The performance helped keep LA’s championship hopes alive after a brutal Game 1, and had future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw in […]

Yoshinobu Yamamoto has done it again! In the Los Angeles Dodgers’ NLCS win a week ago, the Japanese right-hander threw a rare complete game against the Milwaukee Brewers. After having an up-and-down season in 2025, Yamamoto seemingly found his stride at just the right time. After Snell struggled against the Toronto Blue Jays in Game […]

Last season, the New York Yankees’ ill-conceived decision to have Fat Joe perform at the World Series crushed morale, paving the way for the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the title. This year, the Dodgers could have the Jonas Brothers to thank if the team repeats as champions. Fans tuning in to Game 2 of […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers rebounded from their Game 1 loss in the World Series with a 5-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday night at Rogers Centre, evening the series at one game apiece. It was Japanese star Yoshinobu Yamamoto who led the way with his masterful performance. He threw his second consecutive […]

The World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays is now tied 1-1 after a historic pitching duel in Game 2 at Rogers Centre. The Dodgers overcame their one-sided 11-4 defeat in Game 1 to win 5-1 on Saturday night, led by a masterful complete-game performance from Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Yamamoto scattered four […]

Yoshinobu Yamamoto provided his thoughts on a spectacular performance after the Los Angeles Dodgers’ win over the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 2 of the World Series on Saturday night. The starting pitcher had a complete game, taking part in all nine innings of the contest. He struck out eight batters while conceding four hits […]

Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider has adjustments to think about after the Game 2 loss. But even he couldn’t stop thinking about Yoshinobu Yamamoto dominating in his complete game for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Yamamoto fanned eight batters and hit a mark not seen since 2001. Meanwhile, fans of the Blue Jays were left […]

Game 2 of the World Series became who’ll bury the other, or who throws the counterattack. Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Los Angeles Dodgers did more than throw heat. He left Toronto Blue Jays fans shocked by his Saturday night dominance. The Dodgers’ ace threw all nine innings — allowing four hits but striking out eight […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers rebounded from an uncharacteristically poor pitching performance in Game 1 of the World Series. The Toronto Blue Jays beat up on Blake Snell and LA’s relievers in a historic offensive performance, taking a 1-0 series lead. But Yoshinobu Yamamoto got the team back on track. The second-year starter shut down the […]

The Toronto Blue Jays got to Blake Snell and the Los Angeles Dodgers’ bullpen in Game 1 of the World Series. The Blue Jays’ historic offensive eruption in the sixth inning of the opener lifted the team to an 11-4 win. But Toronto faced another tall task with Yoshinobu Yamamoto taking the mound for the […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have prevented big swings from occurring in Game 2 of the World Series. The Toronto Blue Jays buried them with multiple home runs in Game 1. Manager Dave Roberts, though, still revealed there’s things to fix. Both teams got locked to a 1-1 tie through five innings. Fox Sports sideline reporter […]

Los Angeles Dodgers star first baseman Freddie Freeman has had his fair share of heroics and memorable plays in the MLB playoffs. He even scored the first run in Saturday night’s 2025 World Series Game 2 against the Toronto Blue Jays after Will Smith knocked in a single RBI at the top of the opening […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers entered the 2025 season as World Series favorites. To the shock of no one, they made the World Series in relatively easy fashion by winning the National League West and dispatching the Milwaukee Brewers in a quick four-game sweep during the NLDS. Yet, Game 1 of the World Series came with […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers will answer in Game 2 because their foundation remains intact. Elite starting pitching, a layered offense, and an October-tested core still drive outcomes over a seven-game arc. One wild inning does not rewrite a team’s identity. The opener tilted on a nine-run avalanche, not a sustained talent gap. That is why […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have been a dominant team in the postseason. They are four wins away from winning their second consecutive World Series and they are heavy favorites to do so. They have multiple superstars in Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman, and their pitching staff is functioning on all cylinders in the […]

With the Toronto Blue Jays officially set as the Los Angeles Dodgers’ World Series foes, manager Dave Roberts has settled on his Game 1 and 2 starters as the boys in blue travel north of the border for a pair of games at the Rogers Centre. Taking to social media to note the skipper’s plan, Orange […]

This might be the greatest playoff pitching rotation in recent memory. The Los Angeles Dodgers rode their elite starting pitching throughout the NLCS against the Milwaukee Brewers. LA’s starting pitchers looked near-unhittable throughout the series, as they shut down opposing hitters en route to a return to the World Series. Just how dominant were the […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are only one win away from defeating the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS and making their second trip in a row to the World Series. While they’ve made the process look somewhat easy, the journey has not been without its ups and downs. When asked to reflect on the club’s journey, […]

The Dodgers are in good hands when Blake Snell and Yoshinobu Yamamoto are at their peak. In the Wild Card series, they both made MLB history by each securing nine strikeouts and fewer than five hits in back-to-back starts. Now up 2-0 in the NLCS against the Brewers, Snell and Yamamoto achieved history together again […]

On Tuesday evening, the Los Angeles Dodgers hit the road to take on the Milwaukee Brewers and emerged victorious, going up 2-0 in their NLCS series against the Milwaukee Brewers. It was a dominant start from pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who pitched all nine innings in the game and gave up just three hits and one […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers’ starting rotation is on fire this postseason. Game 1 of the NLCS saw Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell torch the Milwaukee Brewers to the tune of 10 strikeouts and just one run allowed. In Game 2, Milwaukee was tortured by another star pitcher, Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Getting called for the start in Game […]

Take a bow, Yoshi! After getting lit up by the Philadelphia Phillies in his previous start, Yoshinobu Yamamoto was called up again to start for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In stark contrast from his previous start, Yamamoto put in an incredible performance. The Japanese-born pitcher became the first player since 2017 to pitch a complete […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers took a commanding 2-0 lead over the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2025 NLCS behind another dominant outing from their starting rotation. After Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw a complete game in Game 2, teammate Kiké Hernández wasn’t the least bit surprised. SportsNet LA took to X (formerly known as Twitter), sharing a clip […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have leaned on elite pitching throughout the NLCS, and few voices carry more weight on the subject than Clayton Kershaw. The future Hall of Famer shared his take on the staff’s success, praising Blake Snell and Yoshinobu Yamamoto for delivering back-to-back masterpieces that pushed the Dodgers to a 2-0 series lead […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers gained full control of the NLCS after a dominant 5-1 win in Game 2 over the Milwaukee Brewers, powered by Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s complete-game performance. Following the victory, manager Dave Roberts emphasized the trust he had in his rookie starter — calling it “true confidence.” Yamamoto allowed a solo home run to […]

Heading into the NLCS, the Milwaukee Brewers knew they just needed to weather the Los Angeles Dodgers’ starting pitchers in order to really take advantage of their bullpen, which has been a major issue all season long, even after the emergence of Roki Sasaki as a quality closer. The problem? Knocking starters out of games […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are heading back to Chavez Ravine with a 2-0 lead versus the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Championship Series, and they have two men largely to thank for it. One night after Blake Snell allowed just one hit and struck out 10 batters in eight masterful innings, Yoshinobu Yamamoto went […]

After watching Blake Snell turn in one of the greatest individual pitching efforts in MLB history, facing the minimum through eight innings to keep the Milwaukee Brewers scoreless through eight dominant innings, Yoshinobu Yamamoto immediately broke his no-hitter on the very first play of Game 2, allowing postseason star Jackson Chourio to go yards on […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers earned a hard-fought 2-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 1 of the NLCS, but the spotlight fell on Teoscar Hernandez’s base running blunder that nearly cost the Dodgers a key early lead. What could have been a momentum-swinging inning turned into a bizarre 8–6–2 double play — the first […]

After going up 2-0 against the Philadelphia Phillies to start off the NLDS, the Los Angeles Dodgers turned to Yoshinobu Yamamoto to close things out in Chavez Ravine and lock in a spot in the NLCS. The Dodgers’ most consistent starter all season, a $300 million arm who should finish top-3 in Cy Young voting […]

Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber snapped out of a brutal postseason slump in unforgettable fashion during Game 3 of the 2025 NLDS. Trailing 1-0 in the fourth inning, Schwarber launched a 455-foot home run off Yoshinobu Yamamoto to tie the game and wake up a struggling offense. It was his first hit in 24 at-bats […]

As the LA Dodgers look to sweep the Phillies, manager Dave Roberts knew who to go to. On Wednesday, it will be up to Yoshinobu Yamamoto to give the green light to get the brooms out. For Roberts, he has the utmost confidence in Yamamoto to get the job done, per Dodgers Nation. “He is […]