Overview
- Los Angeles repeated as champions with a Game 7 comeback over Toronto in a finale ESPN labeled the greatest ever, featuring record championship win-probability swings and a U.S. audience of 51 million.
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto earned World Series MVP with three wins, including a complete game in Game 2, six innings in Game 6 and 2 2/3 scoreless in Game 7, becoming the first pitcher with three road wins in a single Fall Classic.
- Shohei Ohtani was a unanimous NL MVP after a 55-homer season that also included at least 50 strikeouts on the mound, and he delivered an NLCS clincher with three home runs and 10 strikeouts in the same game.
- Seattle’s Cal Raleigh hit 60 home runs, setting single-season marks for a switch-hitter and a primary catcher and joining the exclusive list of players with a 60-homer season.
- Young arms defined the year as Paul Skenes posted a 1.97 ERA to win a unanimous NL Cy Young, while rookie Trey Yesavage became the first rookie with multiple postseason games of at least 10 strikeouts.