Houston Chronicle

John Schneider is waiting for Shohei Ohtani to return some items to the Toronto Blue Jays. Before signing a $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Ohtani met with Blue Jays officials in December 2023. Ohtani will lead off for the Dodgers against the Blue Jays in the World Series on Friday. Schneider joked about Ohtani returning a Blue Jays hat and jacket taken … [Read more...] about Blue Jays manager to Shohei Ohtani: We want our hat back — and your dog’s jacket

Rookie Trey Yesavage will start Friday night’s World Series opener for the Toronto Blue Jays against the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers and Blake Snell, giving the 22-year-old more postseason starts than career regular-season outings. Yesavage debuted on Sept. 15 and will be making his fourth postseason start. Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Thursday he wasn’t … [Read more...] about Rookie Trey Yesavage to start World Series opener for Blue Jays, just his 7th big league game

Trey Yesavage and Roki Sasaki are barely babes in the woods when it comes to Major League Baseball experience. Which only makes their postseason success more impressive. Both in the minors last month, Yesavage and Sasaki are suddenly two of the most important pitchers in the World Series as the Toronto Blue Jays take on the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers beginning … [Read more...] about Trey Yesavage and Roki Sasaki have barely played in MLB. They’ve been stars in the postseason anyway

The Los Angeles Dodgers are aiming for a second consecutive World Series championship. It hasn't been done since the New York Yankees 25 years ago. Shortstop Mookie Betts says the team is ready to make history. The Dodgers practiced on Monday while waiting for the World Series to begin on Friday. Reliever Tanner Scott, who had an abscess removed and missed the NL Championship … [Read more...] about Ohtani and the Dodgers tout ‘Team Effort’ on brink of World Series repeat