For two years, I have felt like a prophet extolling the virtues of a flexible, pitching demigod that I actually taller than: Yoshinobu Yamamoto. He stopped the most prolific offense left in the postseason tournament, the Toronto Blue Jays. For his efforts, Yamamoto was named World Series MVP after closing out Saturday’s win in Game 7.

During the 2025 playoffs, the Blue Jays could seemingly score on any team at will. It took a five-foot ten man from Okayma, Japan to stifle the American League champions. Yamamoto was nothing short of brilliant. During the World Series, he went 3-0 with a 1.09 ERA. He struck out 15 and walked only two Jays over 17 2/3 IP of work.

Yamamoto threw a one run, eight strikeout complete game in Game 2 in Toronto, which was his second consecutive complete game in t

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