TORONTO (AP) — Five weeks after his major league debut, Trey Yesavage was summoned to Toronto manager John Schneider's office, where the 22-year-old found Blue Jays pitching coach Pete Walker also waiting for him.

After just three regular-season starts and two more in the playoffs, Yesavage was getting the ball for Friday night's World Series opener against the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

“I was fired up,” Yesavage recalled of Wednesday's meeting. “Got up, hugged him, hugged Pete. I was very excited.”

Yesavage returned to his hotel room, called his girlfriend and helped arrange a flight for her from North Carolina to attend the game, then called his parents, already set to be at Rogers Centre.

His first batter will be Shohei Ohtani, the sport's best player.

“The sleep last

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