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Trey Yesavage, a 22-year-old rookie for the Toronto Blue Jays, is getting attention with his unusual pitching style. He starts Game 5 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night. Yesavage has a high arm angle and an unusually high release point. Yesavage began the season in Class A and quickly moved up. His pitching mix includes fastballs, sliders and … [Read more...] about Take it from the top: Toronto’s Trey Yesavage uses unusually high arm angle to his advantage

This time, Shohei Ohtani was just ordinary. A night after the Los Angeles Dodgers’ two-way superstar treated baseball fans to one of the greatest performances in World Series history, he looked just fine on the mound and struggled at the plate. Ohtani was tagged for four runs and six hits in the Dodgers’ 6-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, who tied the best-of-seven series at 2. … [Read more...] about Shohei Ohtani has an off night in his two-way World Series debut

Shane Bieber outshined Shohei Ohtani in his World Series debut. Bieber, a former Cy Young Award winner, returned from Tommy John surgery two months ago. He led Toronto to a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers, tying the World Series at two games each. Bieber struck out Ohtani twice while allowing one run and four hits in 5 1/3 innings. Bieber was traded by Cleveland to … [Read more...] about Back from Tommy John surgery, Shane Bieber elbows Shohei Ohtani right out of the spotlight

U.S. viewers for the first two games of World Series between the Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays dropped 14% from last year’s matchup between Los Angeles and the New York Yankees, but Canadian and Japanese audiences set records. Last year’s first two games averaged 14.55 million and this year’s first two averaged 12.5 million on Fox, Fox Deportes, Fox One streaming, the Fox … [Read more...] about US World Series viewers drop 14% for first two games of Dodgers, Blue Jays matchup