The Yankees were supposed to have the starting pitching edge, but through two games, the Dodgers are better there since Yamamoto was the best of the four starters and Rodon easily the worst.
LOS ANGELES — Dodgers Game 2 starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto fooled the Yankees in winter by throwing out a few random facts about pinstriped lore. You know, the kind of stuff you could learn by Googling. Anyway, intentional or not, it served as a great changeup, and he had the Yankees assuming rumors he preferred to go west were wrong and he actually dreamed of The Bronx. Oops.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Los Angeles Dodgers throws a pitch during the third inning of World Series Game 2 on Oct. 26, 2024.Yamamoto, who got $1M more than Yankees ace Gerrit Cole and almost exactly double Yankees Game 2 starter Carlos Rodon’s $162M Yankees free-agent take, pitched the best game of his inaugural Major League career on the biggest stage. Throw in the $50.6M posting fee and he still looks plenty worth it today.
The Yankees needed to have the rotation edge because the Dodgers possess a lineup that doesn’t quit and a bullpen that’s either the best in baseball or the best-rested. The World Series opener was devastating in that there was a lot to lament — from Aaron Boone’s risky pitching calls to Gleyber Torres’ careless defense to Anthony Rizzo’s bizarre baserunning to even Carlos Torres’ strike zone. Umpire auditor estimated he was worth 0.41 runs to the Dodgers.The two sides of Juan Soto showed up in Game 1
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