Overview
- The Dodgers clinched the World Series in seven games with a 5-4 win in Toronto, where Yoshinobu Yamamoto returned on zero days’ rest for 2 2/3 scoreless innings to finish Game 7 and secure MVP honors.
- Yamamoto went 3-0 with a 1.02 ERA in the Fall Classic, becoming the first pitcher to win three road games in a single World Series and joining a short list to win both Games 6 and 7.
- Clayton Kershaw said on a teammates’ podcast that he was warming in the bullpen and did not realize the final out had been recorded until bullpen coach Josh Bard told him the Dodgers had won.
- Kershaw had previously announced he would retire at the end of the 2025 postseason, closing an 18-year career as a three-time champion.
- Yamamoto was named an NL Cy Young finalist alongside Paul Skenes and Cristopher Sánchez, while reports highlighted a surge in his public profile and floated Shota Imanaga as a speculative rotation target.