Dodgers, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and World Series
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As collectors scramble to acquire the World Series MVP's rookie cards, the very best one is still waiting to be pulled.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto credits this mentor of his for turning him into the pitcher is today -- the Dodgers' World Series hero and MVP.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto is now an October legend. As a rookie, the righthander helped the Dodgers beat the Yankees in the 2024 World Series with a quality start in Game 2. But in 2025, Yamamoto took his heroics to a whole new level.
While the biggest news of the weekend is no doubt the conclusion of the World Series, with the Los Angeles Dodgers winning their second championship in as many years in an 11-inning nail-biter, there was a more exciting bit of news on the Tigers’ front.
Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto was named World Series Most Valuable Player on Saturday, just minutes after Los Angeles completed a comeback Game 7 victory against the Toronto Blue Jays. In the process,
Yoshinobu Yamamoto became a Dodgers legend in the 2025 World Series – and he has an MVP award to show for it. After six spectacular innings in Game 6, Yoshinobu Yamamoto followed it up the next day with an amazing 2 2/3 innings of one-hit ball in Game 7 of the World Series, which the Dodgers won 5-4 in 11 innings.
The New York Mets weren't real players to sign World Series hero Yoshinobu Yamamoto in free agency for one reason.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are a game away from seeing their dreams of back-to-back championships go up in smoke. This World Series has defied expectations as they