Overview
- Rookie Trey Yesavage starts for Toronto opposite two-time Cy Young winner Blake Snell in Friday’s opener at Rogers Centre.
- NLCS MVP Shohei Ohtani headlines a veteran Dodgers club favored to repeat, with Los Angeles’ starters carrying a 1.40 postseason ERA entering the series.
- Clayton Kershaw made the Dodgers’ World Series roster, while left-handed reliever Alex Vesia is away from the team for a personal matter.
- Toronto rides a potent postseason lineup led by ALCS MVP Vladimir Guerrero Jr., as Bo Bichette’s return from a knee sprain remains uncertain.
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto is set for Los Angeles in Game 2, while Toronto is weighing whether Kevin Gausman starts after ALCS relief work.